Euphorbia amygdaloides L.
(Wood Spurge)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
has sap sucked by adult Oncochila simplex a lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Oncochila simplex/Oncochila simplexa lacebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurge (1-12)adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Oncochila simplex a lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Oncochila simplex/Oncochila simplexa lacebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurge nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Dicranocephalus medius a spurgebug Hemiptera: Stenocephalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Stenocephalidae/Dicranocephalus medius/Dicranocephalus mediusa spurgebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurge adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Dicranocephalus medius a spurgebug Hemiptera: Stenocephalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Stenocephalidae/Dicranocephalus medius/Dicranocephalus mediusa spurgebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurge nymph sucks sap of
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera euphorbiae Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/Podosphaera euphorbiaespurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurge parasitises
(live) live may have female UK/Ireland Thrips crassicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips crassicornis/Thrips crassicornisa thripsfemale Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelive (4)female may be found on live
(live) live may have female Thrips euphorbiicola a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips euphorbiicola/Thrips euphorbiicolaa thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelive (4,9)female may be found on live
(live) live may have male Thrips euphorbiicola a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips euphorbiicola/Thrips euphorbiicolaa thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelive (9)male may be found on live
(live) live may have larva Thrips euphorbiicola a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips euphorbiicola/Thrips euphorbiicolaa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelive (9)larva may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora cyparissiae a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae 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/Peronospora cyparissiae/Peronospora cyparissiaea downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelive sporangium parasitises live
flower flower may have adult Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus 6-spotted Pot Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus/Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus6-spotted pot beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeflower (5-7)adult may be found on flower
leaf leaf is mined by often communal larva Restricted Liriomyza pascuum a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza pascuum/Liriomyza pascuuma leaf-mining flyoften communallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeleafSole often communal larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Minor Melampsora euphorbiae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaea rust fungusmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Minor Melampsora euphorbiae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaea rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeliveleafMinor amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by aecidioid, mostly hypophyllous telium UK/IrelandRestricted Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticae Wood Spurge 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticae/Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticaewood spurge rustaecidioid, mostly hypophylloustelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeliveleafSole (4-6)aecidioid, mostly hypophyllous telium infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by pynium UK/IrelandRestricted Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticae Wood Spurge 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticae/Endophyllum euphorbiae-sylvaticaewood spurge rustpynium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgeliveleafSole pynium infects and damages live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobes apothecium Naeviopsis tithymalina a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Naeviopsis tithymalina/Naeviopsis tithymalinaa discomyceteimmersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobesapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgedeadstem immersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobes apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza niveocincta a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyalopeziza niveocincta/Hyalopeziza niveocinctaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgedeadstem (9-2)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subepidermal, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis euphorbiae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis euphorbiae/Phomopsis euphorbiaea coelomycetesubepidermal, gregariouspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgedeadstem (4-6)subepidermal, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Minor Melampsora euphorbiae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/Euphorbia amygdaloideswood spurgelivestemMinor telium parasitises live stem

Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge)
GenusEuphorbia (spurges)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge)

Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge):

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