Morus L.
(mulberries)

Interactions where Morus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is foodplant of pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph			Diplodia mori	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia mori/	Diplodia mori	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries								pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
		is foodplant of Fusarium anamorph			Fusarium urticearum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium urticearum/	Fusarium urticearum	an anamorphic fungus				Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries								Fusarium anamorph feeds on
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Pulvinaria hydrangeae	Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria hydrangeae/	Pulvinaria hydrangeae	hydrangea scale, hydrangea scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries		live			Rare			sucks sap of live
(live)		live is foodplant of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph			Cercospora moricola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora moricola/	Cercospora moricola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries		live						Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph feeds on live
leaf (live, often yellowing)		live, often yellowing leaf is spotted by colony			Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori	Mulberry Bacterial Leaf Spot - causative organism	Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori/	Pseudomonas syringae pv. mori	mulberry bacterial leaf spot (causative organism)			colony		Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries		live, often yellowing	leaf					colony causes spots on live, often yellowing leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of anamorph			Neophloeospora maculans	Mulberry Leaf Spot	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Neophloeospora maculans/	Neophloeospora maculans	mulberry leaf spot			colony	anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries		live	leaf				(spring)	colony of anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by pycndium of Phloeosporella coelomycetous anamorph			Neophloeospora maculans	Mulberry Leaf Spot	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Neophloeospora maculans/	Neophloeospora maculans	mulberry leaf spot			pycndium	Phloeosporella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus (Bot.)/	Morus (Bot.)	mulberries		live	leaf				(summer)	pycndium of Phloeosporella coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Morus (mulberries) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Morus alba White Mulberry				Species		11 trophisms
Morus nigra Black Mulberry				Species		14 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Morus (mulberries)
Family	MORACEAE (mulberries, figs)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Morus (mulberries)

Morus (mulberries) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Morus (mulberries):

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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