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Hypochaeris radicata L. (Cat’s Ear)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Hypochaeris radicata Plant 13 August 1972 Surrey England 2
Hypochaeris radicata Plant 21 July 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Hypochaeris radicata 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)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hypochaeris radicata:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by uredinoid aecium Puccinia hieracii var. hypochaeridis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia hieracii var. hypochaeridis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Ensina sonchi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Paroxyna producta - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Tephritis vespertina - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia hieracii var. hypochaeridis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (midrib) leaf (midrib) may contain larva Phytomyza cecidonomia - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [causing a gall-like swelling]
peduncle (dead, locally bleached) dead, locally bleached peduncle is decayed by crowded conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis albicans - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche minor var. compositarum - a common broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
stem (mainly) (live) live stem (mainly) is parasitised by telium Puccinia hieracii var. hypochaeridis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem stem is galled by larva Phanacis hypochoeridis - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia heringi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia heringi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972

Hypochaeris radicata 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)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)
Hypochaeris
(cat's-ears)

References

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
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
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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