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Salix aurita L. (Eared Willow)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Salix aurita Bush 12 June 2007 West Cornwall England 3
Salix aurita Bush 21 August 2005 East Inverness-shire Scotland 18
Salix aurita Plant 20 July 1997 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Salix aurita may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)
Salix
(willows)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Salix aurita:

is foodplant of Dorytomus salicis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
is parasitised by Uncinula adunca var. adunca - Willow And Poplar Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is associate of fruitbody Hebeloma fusisporum - a poisonpie (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on damp soil]
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed or partly immersed pseudothecium Thyridaria macrostomoides - an ascomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (live) live branch is parasitised by fruitbody Cytidia salicina - Scarlet Splash (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
bud and bud-peduncle (live) live bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva Euura mucronata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
catkin catkin may contain larva Dorytomus majalis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
catkin catkin may contain larva Dorytomus melanophthalmus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
catkin catkin may contain larva Dorytomus rufatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002
catkin catkin may contain larva Dorytomus taeniatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
catkin? catkin? may contain larva Dorytomus salicinus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed or erumpent pseudothecium Venturia minuta - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium Pyrenopeziza fuckelii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by stromatic, embedded apothecium Rhytisma salicinum - Willow Tar-spot (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, usually single, immersed, stromatic perithecium Isothea saligna - a pyrenomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by immersed, largely epiphyllous stroma Isothea saligna - a pyrenomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf may have epiphytic stroma Rhytisma salicinum - Willow Tar-spot (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by solitary larva Iteomyia major - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Major Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [causes hard irregular mass of 3-15 fused, hypophyllous, galls with ridged surfaces, originating on the midrib. The upper leaf surface is hard and shiny.]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Melampsora caprearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subcuticular telium Melampsora caprearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (overwintered, fallen) overwintered, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecia Mycosphaerella punctiformis - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (petiole base) leaf (petiole base) is galled by larva Euura venusta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is galled by larva Pontania pedunculi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958 [densely pubescent pea-shaped gall, about 7mm diam, attached to underside of leaf]
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Phyllocolpa leucapsis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Phyllocolpa leucosticta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is galled by larva Pontania bridgmanii - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Questionable Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus fallax - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus histrio - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus leucolaenus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus longiserra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus semilacteus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus tillbergi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus tunicatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus viduatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus jugicola - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is rolled by larva Pamphilius gyllenhali - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae) Benson, R.B., 1951
leaf leaf is decayed by conidioma of Melasmia coelomycetous anamorph Rhytisma salicinum - Willow Tar-spot (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Russula atrorubens - a brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by subepidermal stroma Valsella salicis - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig twig is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, scarely erumpent, eventaully splitting bark ascocarp Pseudophacidium microspermum - an ascomycete (Rhytismatales: Ascodichaenaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Salix aurita may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Salix
(willows)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls

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