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Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis Gaudin (Parsnip)

Suggested Literature

Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis:

may be infected and damaged by Mycocentrospora dematiaceous anamorph Mycocentrospora acerina - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes parsnip black canker]
Photos bulb (decaying) decaying bulb may contain larva Eumerus tuberculatus - a lesser bulb-fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
root root may be infected by Rhizoctonia anamorph Helicobasidium purpureum - a ustilaginomycete (Helicobasidiaceae) Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium]

Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)
Pastinaca sativa
(Wild Parsnip)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Fox, R.T.V., 2006 Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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