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Symphytum officinale L. (Common Comfrey)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Symphytum officinale Plant 27 July 1997 Berks England 1
Symphytum officinale Plant 31 May 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Symphytum officinale may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Symphytum officinale:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora symphyti - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Golovinomyces cynoglossi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Golovinomyces cynoglossi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by circular, bordered, embedded sorus Entyloma serotinum - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous, often covering whole leaf uredium Melampsorella symphyti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [infected leaves usually small and pale]
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous telium Melampsorella symphyti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [infected leaves usually small and pale]
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) may contain larva Melanagromyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) may house puparium Melanagromyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [on lower surface]
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Agromyza ferruginosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine initially linear, later developing into a blackish blotch]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarious or scattered, erumpent through slits apothecium Pirottaea symphyti - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza symphyti - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972

Symphytum officinale may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BORAGINACEAE
(comfreys and forget-me-nots)
Symphytum
(comfreys)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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