BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Prunus cerasus L. (Dwarf Cherry)

Suggested Literature

Prunus cerasus 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 Prunus cerasus:

(live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera tridactyla - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is parasitised by Phyllactinia mali - a conidial powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by under bark, splayed out perithecium Calosphaeria pulchella - a pyrenomycete (Calosphaeriales: Calosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, well-developed stroma Diaporthe decorticans - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, in clusters of 4 to 12, stromatic perithecium Diaporthe decorticans - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by conidioma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Leucostoma persoonii - an ascomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [forms red spore tendrils]
branch branch is parasitised by punctiform sporodochium of Stigmina dematiaceous anamorph Stigmina carpophila - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
bud (dormant) dormant bud is parasitised by punctiform sporodochium of Stigmina dematiaceous anamorph Stigmina carpophila - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos flower (live) live flower may be infected and damaged by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Monilinia laxa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
flower flower is parasitised by punctiform sporodochium of Stigmina dematiaceous anamorph Stigmina carpophila - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos fruit (blackened mummified) blackened mummified fruit is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Monilinia laxa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Monilinia laxa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown rot]
fruit fruit may contain larva Rhagoletis cerasi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
fruit fruit is parasitised by punctiform sporodochium of Stigmina dematiaceous anamorph Stigmina carpophila - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
fruit fruit may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusicladium dematiaceous anamorph Venturia cerasi - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Scab"]
leaf (dead, fallen, overwintered) dead, fallen, overwintered leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Venturia cerasi - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Scab"]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Monilinia laxa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by punctiform sporodochium of Stigmina dematiaceous anamorph Stigmina carpophila - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small purplish spots with yellow centres which enlarge and turn brown in the middle which often drops out]
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by hypophyllous acervulus of Phloeosporella coelomycetous anamorph Blumeriella jaapii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes angular brown spots]
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by hypophyllous acervulus of Microgloeum coelomycetous anamorph Blumeriella jaapii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes angular brown spots]
leaf (reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin) reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin leaf is galled by infection Taphrina wiesneri - a tongue fungus (Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes leaf curl]
leaf (rotten) rotten leaf is decayed by hypophyllous apothecium Blumeriella jaapii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is galled by Myzus cerasi - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusicladium dematiaceous anamorph Venturia cerasi - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Scab"]
stem stem is galled by Myzus cerasi - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by infection Taphrina wiesneri - a tongue fungus (Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes witches' broom]
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by immersed, well-developed stroma Diaporthe decorticans - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by immersed, in clusters of 4 to 12, stromatic perithecium Diaporthe decorticans - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos twig (live) live twig may be infected and damaged by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Monilinia laxa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (young) young twig may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusicladium dematiaceous anamorph Venturia cerasi - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Scab"]
twig twig is decayed by clustered conidioma of Foveostrama coelomycetous anamorph Dermea cerasi - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig twig is decayed by erumpent, singly or in small groups from cracks in bark apothecium Dermea cerasi - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Basidiodendron caesiocinereum - a basidiomycete fungus (Tremellales: Exidiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often on calcareous soil]

Prunus cerasus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)
Prunus
(plums and cherries)

References

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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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