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Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl. (Sessile Oak)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Quercus petraea Fresh spring foliage, trichomes 22 April 2007 Surrey England 4 4 10
Quercus petraea Tree 15 September 1997 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Crawley, M., 2005 The Flora of Berkshire

Quercus petraea may also 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 petraea:

Photos is parasitised by Erysiphe alphitoides - Oak Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
catkin (male) (live) live catkin (male) is galled by sexual larva Andricus fecundator - Artichoke Gall (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Minor Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by apothecium Calycellina punctata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius quercophilus - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Major 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) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (sucker shoot) (live) live leaf (sucker shoot) is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium quercuum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Cronartiaceae) UK/Ireland Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (upper superficial layer) leaf (upper superficial layer) is mined by larva Profenusa pygmaea - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista albida - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista lineolata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista pubescens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Boletus armeniacus - a bolete (Boletales: Boletaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos trunk (base) (live) live trunk (base) is decayed by fruitbody Inonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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

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

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Henderson, D.M., 2004 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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