Lactuca serriola L.
(Prickly Lettuce)

Interactions where Lactuca serriola 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').

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 larva			Campiglossa misella	a gall fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Campiglossa misella/	Campiglossa misella	a gall fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce					Rare			larva feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Bremia lactucae	Lettuce Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae/	Bremia lactucae	lettuce downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce		live			Rare			sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce		live						parasitises live
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Ensina sonchi	Sow-thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/	Ensina sonchi	sow-thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Trupanea amoena	a gall fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea amoena/	Trupanea amoena	a gall fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella hieracii	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella hieracii/	Mycosphaerella hieracii	an ascomycete		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce	?	live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has leaves shot holed by acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph			Microdochium panattonianum	Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism	Xylariales: Hyponectriaceae	Microdochium panattonianum, Sutton, B.C. & Holderness, M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Hyponectriaceae/Microdochium panattonianum/	Microdochium panattonianum	lettuce ringspot disease (causative organism)			acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / shot hole causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/	Lactuca serriola	prickly lettuce		live	leaf					acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes shot holes on live leaf

Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuca
(lettuces)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Sutton, B.C. & Holderness, M., 1991	Microdochium panattonianum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1034.
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
Genus	Lactuca (lettuces)
Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lactuca serriola is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Braithwaite, M.E., Ellis, B. & Preston, C.D.	2006	Change in the British Flora 1987-2004	British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 381-390.

Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuca
(lettuces)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce):

Lactuca
(lettuces)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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