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Armoracia rusticana Gaertner, & Scherb. (Horse Radish)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Armoracia rusticana Plant 7 August 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Armoracia rusticana may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Armoracia rusticana:

(dead) dead is decayed by colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphion comosum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (dead) dead is decayed by effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph Torula herbarum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos may be infected and damaged by colony of Thielaviopsis dematiaceous anamorph Thielaviopsis basicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Microascales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by Ramularia anamorph Ramularia armoraciae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale brown, sometimes brown-bordered spots which become grey or papery white and may fall out]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta armoraciae - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, buff, dark-bordered spots]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora armoraciae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or angular, pale brown spots which sometimes coalesce and cover large areas]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Ramularia anamorph Ramularia armoraciae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale brown, sometimes brown-bordered spots which become grey or papery white and may fall out]
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia rosae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Armoracia rusticana may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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