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Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Creeping Thistle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Cirsium arvense Plant 4 July 1998 Berks England 17
Cirsium arvense Plant 17 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Cirsium arvense Plant 25 June 1970 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Cirsium arvense 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)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cirsium arvense:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe mayorii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Major Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by Puccinia cnici - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
is foodplant of larva Larinus planus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Lixus angustatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Mordellistena acuticollis - a tumbling flower beetle (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Terellia ruficauda - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
Photos is foodplant of larva Urophora stylata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
Photos may be infected and damaged by telium Puccinia punctiformis - Creeping Thistle Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [affected plants are pale and spindly and do not flower]
may have adult Oulema obscura - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Acanthiophilus helianthi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Chaetostomella cylindrica - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Ensina sonchi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Tephritis cometa - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Terellia tussilaginis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Rare White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Xyphosia miliaria - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia cirsii - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous sorus Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis - a white rust (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed oospore Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis - a white rust (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium Puccinia punctiformis - Creeping Thistle Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [affected plants are pale and spindly and do not flower]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by honey-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface pycnium Puccinia punctiformis - Creeping Thistle Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [affected plants are pale and spindly and do not flower]
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by larva Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae dorsally carry a cover of excrement]
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (upper surface) leaf (upper surface) is mined by larva Phytomyza cirsii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [shallow whitish mine]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza autumnalis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza autumnalis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, distinctly greenish]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza cirsii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos live, leaf live of leaf may be infected and damaged by scattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface uredium Puccinia punctiformis - Creeping Thistle Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [affected plants are pale and spindly and do not flower]
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche reticulata - Thistle Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria macrospora - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria purpurea - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Ophiobolus acuminatus - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium Ophiobolus cirsii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph Ophiobolus cirsii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes rousselianus - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Melanommataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Kalmusia clivensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria dolioloides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia clavata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pirottaea brevipila - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza adenostylidis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza carduorum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Pezizella discreta - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile, in clusters of 2 to 5 apothecium Pezizella glareosa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by embedded stroma Cryptodiscus rhopaloides - a discomycete (Ostropales: Stictidaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium Cryptodiscus rhopaloides - a discomycete (Ostropales: Stictidaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis cirsii - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [usually about soil level while stem is still standing, more widespread when laying on ground]
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Phanerochaete calotricha - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, red stained (epidermis)) dead, red stained (epidermis) stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma rubella - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (live) live stem is galled by larva Urophora cardui - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [causes large swelling of stem]
White, I.M., 1988 [multilocular gall]
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by immersed oospore Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis - a white rust (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by sorus Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis - a white rust (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (near base (dead, standing) dead, standing stem (near base is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza millepunctata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Cleonis piger - Large Thistle Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002
stem? stem? may contain larva Apion carduorum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1990

Cirsium arvense 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)
Cirsium
(a genus of thistles)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
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
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls
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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