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Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carriere (Sitka Spruce)

Suggested Literature

Picea sitchensis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
PINOPSIDA
(conifers)
PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Picea sitchensis:

is galled by gallicola nymph Pineus similis - a woolly aphid (Homoptera: Adelgidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
is galled by fundatrix Pineus similis - a woolly aphid (Homoptera: Adelgidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
is associate of fruitbody Hebeloma populinum - a poisonpie (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on soil]
bark (decayed) decayed bark is decayed by fruitbody Coniophora prasinoides - a resupinate bolete (Boletales: Coniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma Nectria fuckeliana - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stromatic, in large groups perithecium Nectria fuckeliana - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
log (dead, old but not decayed) dead, old but not decayed log is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pseudophacidium piceae - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Ascodichaenaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
log (dead, old, decorticate) dead, old, decorticate log is decayed by hysterothecium Lophium mytilinum - an ascomycete (Hysteriales: Mytilinidiaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
log (large) (dead) dead log (large) is decayed by fruitbody Fomitopsis pinicola - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
log (large) (fallen, dead) fallen, dead log (large) is decayed by fruitbody Diplomitoporus lindbladii - a polypore fungus (Polyporales: Steccherinaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
needle (dead, attached) dead, attached needle is decayed by apothecium Lophodermium piceae - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
needle (dead, fallen) dead, fallen needle is decayed by apothecium Lophodermium piceae - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
needle (live) live needle is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Chrysomyxa abietis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on yellowish spots on leaves]
needle (live) live needle is parasitised by amphigenous aecium Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on transverse yellow bands on leaves]
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Amanita muscaria var. aureola - a fly agaric (Agaricales: Pluteaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
trunk (dead, standing) dead, standing trunk is decayed by fruitbody Fomitopsis pinicola - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
trunk (fallen, dead) fallen, dead trunk is decayed by fruitbody Diplomitoporus lindbladii - a polypore fungus (Polyporales: Steccherinaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by erumpent stroma Nectria fuckeliana - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by stromatic, in large groups perithecium Nectria fuckeliana - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Fomitopsis pinicola - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood (dead, decorticated) dead, decorticated wood is decayed by erumpent apothecium Micraspis tetraspora - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Globulicium hiemale - a basidiomycete (Polyporales: Cyphellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood, debris (dead) dead wood of debris is decayed by Tubulicium vermiferum - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Tubulicrinaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wound (old) old wound is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella resinae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [old wounds on branches]

Picea sitchensis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)
PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Picea
(spruces)

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
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls

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