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Conium maculatum L. (Hemlock)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Conium maculatum 8 June 2004 East Kent England 2
Conium maculatum Plant 16 April 2000 Berks England 6
Conium maculatum Plant 6 June 1975 Berks England 2
Conium maculatum Plant 22 June 1971 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Conium maculatum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Conium maculatum:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia conii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina oricalcia - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Puccinia conii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza conii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, more greenish]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Euleia heraclei - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Chrysolina oricalcia - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas cyathoideum var. cyathoideum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Discocistella grevillei - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Pleurophragmium parvisporum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium Diaporthe arctii - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, fallen) dead, fallen stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphiella vinosa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead, standing) dead, standing stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Lasiobelonium mollissimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (lower part) (dead, standing) dead, standing stem (lower part) is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphiella vinosa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Conium maculatum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

References

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
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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