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Pilosella officinarum F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip. (Mouse-ear Hawkweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Pilosella officinarum Leaf close-ups to show indumentum, trichomes; latex; nail varnish peels of leaf surfaces 28 April 2006 Berks England 7 8
Pilosella officinarum Plant 28 May 2001 Berks England 10

Suggested Literature

Pilosella officinarum 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)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pilosella officinarum:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by uredinoid aecium Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on reddish yellow spots]
capitulum capitulum is swollen by larva Noeeta pupillata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Tephritis ruralis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is galled by larva Aulacidea pilosellae - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf may contain larva Phytomyza rufescens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]
Photos pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
rosette? rosette? is foodplant of larva Cheilosia praecox - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis hieracii - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Pilosella officinarum 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)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)
Pilosella
(mouse-ear-hawkweeds)

References

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
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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