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Aesculus hippocastanum L. (Horse Chestnut)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Aesculus hippocastanum In fruit 13 September 2007 Berks England 3
Aesculus hippocastanum Plant 28 September 2002 Berks England 3
Aesculus hippocastanum Plant 11 May 2002 Berks England 8
Aesculus hippocastanum Plant 20 May 2001 Berks England 3
Aesculus hippocastanum Plant 20 May 2001 Berks England 1
Aesculus hippocastanum Plant 11 July 1998 Bucks England 3

Suggested Literature

Aesculus hippocastanum may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Aesculus hippocastanum:

branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Cryptodiaporthe aesculi - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, in groups of 2-5 perithecium Cryptodiaporthe aesculi - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos branch branch is parasitised by haustorium Viscum album - Mistletoe (Viscaceae) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos leaf (dead, fallen, over-wintered) dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf is decayed by pseudothecium Guignardia aesculi - Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch - Causative Organism (Dothideales: Botryosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Erysiphe alphitoides - Oak Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous cleistothecium Erysiphe flexuosa - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by thin, evanescent conidial anamorph Erysiphe flexuosa - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by cleistothecium Phyllactinia guttata - Hazel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous conidial anamorph Phyllactinia guttata - Hazel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Sawadaea bicornis - Sycamore Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002
Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, scattered or crowded pycnidium of anamorph Guignardia aesculi - Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch - Causative Organism (Dothideales: Botryosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Lesions irregular, starting from tip and along sides, spreading inwards; at first water-soaked then red to brown with yellow margins]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria hippocastani - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or somewhat angular spots, brown at first, becoming whitish with narrow, dark brown borders]
petiole (dead, fallen) dead, fallen petiole is decayed by immersed or erumpent perithecium Gnomonia alni-viridis - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sap (exuding) exuding sap may house larva Phaonia cincta - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
trunk (bleeding, cankered) bleeding, cankered trunk is swollen by mycelium Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) UK/Ireland Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by immersed, in groups of 2-5 perithecium Cryptodiaporthe aesculi - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Cryptodiaporthe aesculi - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Aesculus hippocastanum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Aesculus
(horse chestnuts)

References

Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004 Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant life
Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey
d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004 Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback
Ing, B. & Spooner, B., 2002 The Horse Chestnut powdery mildew Uncinula flexuosa in Europe (New British Record 210)
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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