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Myrica gale L. (Bog Myrtle, Sweet Gale)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Myrica gale In flower 13 April 2005 South Hampshire England 11
Myrica gale Plant 14 October 1998 South Hampshire England 7

Suggested Literature

Myrica gale 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 Myrica gale:

Photos is foodplant of Phyllobius pyri - Common Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Rhynchaenus iota - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by apothecium Incrucipulum sulphurellum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by substromatic, stalked apothecium Rutstroemia myricae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by poorly developed, subcortical stroma Rutstroemia myricae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed, in small clusters perithecium Cryptodiaporthe aubertii - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 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 branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph Pestalotiopsis oxyanthi - a ceolomycete (Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos branch (small) (dead, attached) dead, attached branch (small) is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora incarnata - Rosy Crust (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
catkin (male) (fallen, overwintered) fallen, overwintered catkin (male) is decayed by stroma Ciboria acerina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
catkin (male) (fallen, overwintered, stromatised) fallen, overwintered, stromatised catkin (male) is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Ciboria acerina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Phacellium anamorph Phacellium rufibasis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-brown spots]
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 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 Cylindrocarpon anamorph Nectria coccinea - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza corticicola - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by superficial, solitary or caespitose apothecium Rodwayella myricae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora incarnata - Rosy Crust (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
twig (fallen, dead) fallen, dead twig is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos twig (live) live twig is parasitised by colony of Phacellium anamorph Phacellium rufibasis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-brown spots]
Photos wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Hymenochaete corrugata - Glue Fungus (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [saprobic or weakly parasitic]
Photos wood (live) live wood is parasitised by fruitbody Hymenochaete corrugata - Glue Fungus (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [saprobic or weakly parasitic]

Myrica gale may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)

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