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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel (Bearberry)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Plant 21 August 2005 East Inverness-shire Scotland 16

Suggested Literature

General Works

Taylor, A.S. & Alexander, I., 2005 The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 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)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Arctostaphylos uva-ursi:

Photos is associate of fruitbody Leccinum vulpinum - Foxy Bolete (Boletales: Boletaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Domingoella dematiaceous anamorph Domingoella arctostaphyli - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (grey) grey leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous apothecium Propolis phacidioides - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in the Scottish Highlands]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by fruitbody Exobasidium sydowianum - Bearberry Redleaf (Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf leaf is parasitised by amphigenous thyriothecium Lembosina gontardii - an ascomycete (Asterinaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Cortinarius venetus - a toadstool (Agaricales: Cortinariaceae) UK/Ireland Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)
Arctostaphylos
(bearberries)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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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