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Morus nigra L. (Black Mulberry)

Suggested Literature

Morus nigra may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Morus nigra:

Photos branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Cylindrocarpon anamorph Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella mori - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes off-white or ochraceous spots, 1-2mm diam., with reddish-brown borders.]
leaf leaf is spotted by pseudothecium Mycosphaerella mori - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by erumpent stroma Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by Cylindrocarpon anamorph Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by fruitbody Ganoderma applanatum - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Ganodermataceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
Photos trunk (live) live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody Ganoderma applanatum - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Ganodermataceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]

Morus nigra may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

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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