BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Quercus ilex L. (Evergreen Oak)

Suggested Literature

Quercus ilex may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FAGACEAE
(forest trees)
Quercus
(oaks)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Quercus ilex:

Photos is parasitised by Erysiphe alphitoides - Oak Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is associate of fruitbody Geastrum floriforme - Daisy Earthstar (Phallales: Geastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on sandy soil]
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Clytra laeviuscula - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph Coleophoma cylindrospora - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, superficial ascoma Epibelonium gaeumannii - an ascomycete (Saccardiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous apothecium Niptera muelleri-argoviensis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by stalked apothecium Lachnum fuscescens var. fuscescens - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by subcuticular, opening by slit apothecium Hypoderma ilicinum - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes large pale spots surrounded by thin black lines]
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by mostly hypophyllous conidioma of Leptothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Leptothyrium ilicinum - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Parapleurotheciopsis dematiaceous anamorph Parapleurotheciopsis ilicina - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by discrete or effuse colony of Subramaniomyces dematiaceous anamorph Subramaniomyces fusisaprophyticus - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Subulispora dematiaceous anamorph Subulispora britannica - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius quercophilus - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (dead, fallen, rotting, greyed) dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf is decayed by amphigenous thyriothecium Microthyrium ilicinum - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes a greying of yellow-brown leaves]
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Beltrania dematiaceous anamorph Beltrania querna - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph Chalara hughesii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Henicospora dematiaceous anamorph Henicospora minor - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Dictyochaeta dematiaceous anamorph Dictyochaeta simplex - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Sordariales: Chaetosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead, decaying) fallen, dead, decaying leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Diplocladiella dematiaceous anamorph Diplocladiella scalaroides - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead, decaying) fallen, dead, decaying leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Cylindrium anamorph Cylindrium elongatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by hypophyllous erineum Eriophyes ilicis - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae)
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by hypophyllous erineum Aculops coulteri - a gall mite
leaf (margin) (live) live leaf (margin) is grazed by adult Clytra laeviuscula - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (petiole) (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf (petiole) is decayed by stalked apothecium Lanzia coracina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes on blackened area]
leaf (sucker shoot) (live) live leaf (sucker shoot) is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium quercuum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Cronartiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (vein) (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf (vein) is decayed by stalked apothecium Lanzia coracina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes on blackened area]
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged 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 [causes leaf blight]
peduncle (fallen, dead, decaying) fallen, dead, decaying peduncle is decayed by effuse colony of Diplocladiella dematiaceous anamorph Diplocladiella scalaroides - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Amanita ovoidea - Bearded Amanita (Agaricales: Pluteaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Russula inamoena - a russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Russula insignis - a brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Russula pseudoimpolita - a brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Russula stenotricha - a brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
shoot shoot may be infected and damaged 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 [causes shoot blight]
Photos trunk (base) (live) live trunk (base) is decayed by fruitbody Inonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
trunk (live) live trunk is associate of fruitbody Perenniporia ochroleuca - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
trunk (living) living trunk is decayed by fruitbody Spongipellis pachyodon - Toothed Mazegill (Polyporales: Hapalopilaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
twig twig is decayed by punctiform stroma of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium microsorum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig twig is decayed by punctiform acervulus of Coryneum coelomycetous anamorph Coryneum elevatum - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Melanconidaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Quercus ilex may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Quercus
(oaks)

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
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
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004 Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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