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Petasites fragrans (Villars) C.Presl (Winter Heliotrope)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Petasites fragrans Non-flowering 21 March 2008 East Cornwall England 4
Petasites fragrans Plant 12 March 2000 Dorset England 6
Petasites fragrans Plant 24 January 1975 Surrey England 1

Suggested Literature

Petasites fragrans may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Petasites fragrans:

leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia purpurascens - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or angular, greyish or whitish spots 1-5mm diam., each with a dark-brown border surrounded by a purplish zone.]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Acidia cognata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
petiole (dead) dead petiole is decayed by effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph Gliomastix luzulae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos petiole (dead) dead petiole is decayed by effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph Chromelosporium ochraceum - an anamorphic fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph Gliomastix luzulae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph Chromelosporium ochraceum - an anamorphic fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Petasites fragrans may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Petasites
(butterburs)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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