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Ligustrum vulgare L. (Wild Privet)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Ligustrum vulgare 31 July 2007 Berks England 1
Ligustrum vulgare Plant 20 November 1999 North Wiltshire England 5 6
Ligustrum vulgare Plant 9 July 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Ligustrum vulgare 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 Ligustrum vulgare:

is parasitised by Erysiphe syringae - Lilac Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is associate of fruitbody Geastrum striatum - Striate Earthstar (Phallales: Geastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil]
Photos branch (old, dead, fallen) old, dead, fallen branch is decayed by fruitbody Basidioradulum radula - Toothed Crust (Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
branch (small, decorticated, fallen) small, decorticated, fallen branch may have epiphytic fruitbody Antrodia albida - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Meripilaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by numerous, epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella ligustri - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes irregular, pale ochraceous spots with purplish brown margins]
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Macrophya punctumalbum - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos trunk (old, dead, fallen) old, dead, fallen trunk is decayed by fruitbody Basidioradulum radula - Toothed Crust (Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora cinerea - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Ligustrum vulgare may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Ligustrum
(privets)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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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