Geranium molle L.
(Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)

Interactions where Geranium molle 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 is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Plasmopara pusilla s. lat. a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Plasmopara pusilla s. lat./Plasmopara pusilla s. lat.a downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by abundant conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Podosphaera fugax a conidial powdery 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/Podosphaera fugax/Podosphaera fugaxa conidial powdery mildewabundantconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billlive abundant conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Podosphaera fugax a conidial powdery 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/Podosphaera fugax/Podosphaera fugaxa conidial powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billlive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by Foreign Limobius borealis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billleaf grazes on leaf
leaf (live, small, crinkled, yellowish) live, small, crinkled, yellowish leaf is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Peronospora conglomerata 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 conglomerata/Peronospora conglomerataa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billlive, small, crinkled, yellowishleafMajor sporangium parasitises live, small, crinkled, yellowish leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva (early) UK/Ireland Aricia agestis Brown Argus Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Aricia agestis/Aricia agestisbrown arguslarva (early) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf larva (early) mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva (later) UK/Ireland Aricia agestis Brown Argus Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Aricia agestis/Aricia agestisbrown arguslarva (later) Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf larva (later) grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph ForeignRestricted Phacellium geranii (A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium geranii/Phacellium geranii(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)synnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleafSole synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, sooty caespituli of Phaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phaeoramularia minutissima an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phaeoramularia minutissima/Phaeoramularia minutissimaan anamorphic fungushypophyllous, sootycaespituliPhaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf hypophyllous, sooty caespituli of Phaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia geranii var geranii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia geranii var. geranii/Ramularia geranii var. geraniian anamorphic fungususually hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium Coleroa circinans an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Coleroa circinans/Coleroa circinansan ascomycetemainly epiphyllous, becoming superficialpseudothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf (10-4)mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by aggregated, immersed pseudothecium Venturia geranii an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Venturia geranii/Venturia geraniian ascomyceteaggregated, immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf (11-5)aggregated, immersed pseudothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous pycnium Uromyces geranii Geranium 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/Uromyces geranii/Uromyces geraniigeranium rusthypophyllouspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf hypophyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Uromyces geranii Geranium 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/Uromyces geranii/Uromyces geraniigeranium rusthypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Uromyces geranii Geranium 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/Uromyces geranii/Uromyces geraniigeranium rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Uromyces geranii Geranium 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/Uromyces geranii/Uromyces geraniigeranium rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
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., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)
GenusGeranium (true geraniums)
FamilyGERANIACEAE (geraniums and storksbills)
OrderGERANIALES (geraniums and storksbills)
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 Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)

Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill):

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