Aegopodium podagraria L.
(Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)

Interactions where Aegopodium podagraria 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').

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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
(live) live has sap sucked by Foreign Cavariella aegopodii Willow-carrot Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cavariella (Cavariella) aegopodii/Cavariella (Cavariella) aegopodiiwillow-carrot aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedlive (autumn-spring)sucks sap of live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedlive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedlive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf (nerve) leaf (nerve) is galled by clustered telium Puccinia aegopodii Ground Elder Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia aegopodii/Puccinia aegopodiiground elder rustclusteredtelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedleaf (nerve) (4-8)clustered telium causes gall of leaf (nerve)
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is galled by clustered telium Puccinia aegopodii Ground Elder Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia aegopodii/Puccinia aegopodiiground elder rustclusteredtelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedleaf (petiole) (4-8)clustered telium causes gall of leaf (petiole)
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Oomorphus concolor a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/Oomorphus concolora leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedleaf (4-2)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza obscurella a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza obscurella/Phytomyza obscurellaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Cryptaciura rotundiventris Scarce Umbel Leaf-miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Cryptaciura rotundiventris/Cryptaciura rotundiventrisscarce umbel leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregated pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria aegopodii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria aegopodii/Septoria aegopodiian ascomycetemostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregatedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedfadingleaf (6-7)mostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregated pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina oricalcia a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/Chrysolina oricalciaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf (3-)5-6(-10)adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weed?liveleaf (-late 8)larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Plasmopara crustosa s. lat. Umbellifer Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Plasmopara crustosa s. lat./Plasmopara crustosa s. lat.umbellifer downy mildewhypophyllouscolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf hypophyllous colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun/Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun(an anamorphic fungus)mostly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, covered, opening mainly to upper surface acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria aegopodii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria aegopodii/Septoria aegopodiian ascomyceteamphigenous, covered, opening mainly to upper surfaceacervulusPhloeospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf (7-9)amphigenous, covered, opening mainly to upper surface acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregated pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria aegopodii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria aegopodii/Septoria aegopodiian ascomycetemostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregatedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf (6-7)mostly hypophyllous, immersed, scattered or congregated pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by embedded chlamydospore UK/Ireland Protomyces macrosporus an ascomycete Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An introduction to the Protomycetales: Burenia inundata on Apium nodiflorum and Protomyces macrosporus on Anthriscus sylvestris, Preece, T.F. & Hick, A.J., 2001
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Protomyces macrosporus/Protomyces macrosporusan ascomyceteembeddedchlamydospore Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedliveleaf (3-10)embedded chlamydospore causes gall of live leaf
leaf (overwintered) overwintered leaf is foodplant of almost superficial pseudothecium UK/Ireland Septoria aegopodii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria aegopodii/Septoria aegopodiian ascomycetealmost superficialpseudothecium Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedoverwinteredleaf (spring)almost superficial pseudothecium feeds on overwintered leaf
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Questionable Chrysolina oricalcia a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina oricalcia/Chrysolina oricalciaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weed?pollen (3-)5-6(-10)adult feeds on pollen
root root is foodplant of larva Liophloeus tessulatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Liophloeus tessulatus/Liophloeus tessulatusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedroot larva feeds on root
stem (live) live stem is galled by embedded chlamydospore UK/Ireland Protomyces macrosporus an ascomycete Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An introduction to the Protomycetales: Burenia inundata on Apium nodiflorum and Protomyces macrosporus on Anthriscus sylvestris, Preece, T.F. & Hick, A.J., 2001
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Protomyces macrosporus/Protomyces macrosporusan ascomyceteembeddedchlamydospore Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/Aegopodium podagrariaground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weedlivestem (3-10)embedded chlamydospore causes gall of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F. & Hick, A.J., 2001An introduction to the Protomycetales: Burenia inundata on Apium nodiflorum and Protomyces macrosporus on Anthriscus sylvestrisMycologist Vol 15 (3): 119-125.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)

Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Aegopodium podagraria (Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)
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