BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. (Sticky Mouse-ear)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Cerastium glomeratum In fruit 28 May 2001 Berks England 5 7
Cerastium glomeratum Plant 29 May 1977 North Hampshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Cerastium glomeratum 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 Cerastium glomeratum:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora tomentosa - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capsule (live) live capsule may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Haradaea duriaeana - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (fading) fading leaf is decayed by erumpent apothecium Leptotrochila cerastiorum - an ascomycete fungus (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Haradaea duriaeana - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (fading) fading stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Leptotrochila cerastiorum - an ascomycete fungus (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Cerastium glomeratum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)
Cerastium
(mouse-ears)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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