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Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato (dandelion)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato Capitulum - close-up 6 May 2006 Dorset England 1
Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato Plant 20 May 2001 Berks England 6 2
Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato Plant 3 May 1970 East Norfolk England 1
Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato Plant 4 April 1969 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)
Taraxacum
(dandelions)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia dioicae var. silvatica - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Questionable Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Ensina sonchi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Paroxyna producta - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Myopa - a genus of thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by chlamydospore Protomyces pachydermus - an ascomycete (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [cauases small purplish swellings]
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by sorus Synchytrium taraxaci - a chytridiomycete fungus (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellow, ornage or red galls]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredinoid, epiphyllous aecium Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Puccinia variabilis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, in small clusters spread uniformly over whole leaf aecium Puccinia variabilis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia taraxaci - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, pale spots with purple margins]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by uredium Puccinia variabilis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes very small yellow or purplish spots]
leaf (mid-rib) leaf (mid-rib) is mined by larva Phytomyza wahlgreni - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [causing a gall-like swelling]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia farfarella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia farfarella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear]
peduncle (live) live peduncle is galled by chlamydospore Protomyces pachydermus - an ascomycete (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [cauases small purplish swellings]
peduncle (live) live peduncle is galled by sorus Synchytrium taraxaci - a chytridiomycete fungus (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellow, ornage or red galls]
petiole (live) live petiole is galled by sorus Synchytrium taraxaci - a chytridiomycete fungus (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellow, ornage or red galls]

Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)
Taraxacum
(dandelions)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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