Prunus domestica ssp insititia (L.) Bonnier & Layens
(Damson, Bullace)

Interactions where Prunus domestica ssp insititia 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
bark (dead)		dead bark is decayed by often crowded, immersed then usually transversely erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph			Leucostoma persoonii	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Leucostoma persoonii/	Leucostoma persoonii	a valsoid pyrenomycete		often crowded, immersed then usually transversely erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		dead	bark					often crowded, immersed then usually transversely erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead bark
bark (dead)		dead bark is decayed by stromatic perithecium			Leucostoma persoonii	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Leucostoma persoonii/	Leucostoma persoonii	a valsoid pyrenomycete		stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		dead	bark					stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead bark
fruit (developing, usually falls when larva matures)		developing, usually falls when larva matures fruit may contain larva			Hoplocampa flava	Plum Sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Hoplocampa flava/	Hoplocampa flava	plum sawfly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		developing, usually falls when larva matures	fruit					larva feeds within developing, usually falls when larva matures fruit
fruit (live, fallen, brown-rotten)		live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph			Monilinia fructigena	Apple Brown Rot - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/	Monilinia fructigena	apple brown rot (causative organism)			sporodochium	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live, fallen, brown-rotten	fruit					sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit
fruit (live)		live fruit may contain caterpillar			Grapholita funebrana	Plum Fruit Moth	Lepidoptera: Tortricidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Grapholita funebrana/	Grapholita funebrana	plum fruit moth				caterpillar	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live	fruit				(7-8)	caterpillar feeds within live fruit
leaf (dead, fallen, overwintered)		dead, fallen, overwintered leaf is decayed by stromatic, immersed perithecium			Polystigma rubrum	Plum Leaf Blotch - causative organism, Blackthorn Dotty	Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Polystigma rubrum (Pers.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle,, Cannon, P.F., 1996 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Phyllachorales/Phyllachoraceae/Polystigma rubrum/	Polystigma rubrum	plum leaf blotch - causative organism, blackthorn dotty		stromatic, immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		dead, fallen, overwintered	leaf		Minor			stromatic, immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, overwintered leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by stroma			Polystigma rubrum	Plum Leaf Blotch - causative organism, Blackthorn Dotty	Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Polystigma rubrum (Pers.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle,, Cannon, P.F., 1996 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Phyllachorales/Phyllachoraceae/Polystigma rubrum/	Polystigma rubrum	plum leaf blotch - causative organism, blackthorn dotty				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		dead, fallen	leaf		Minor			stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (live, severely curled)		live, severely curled leaf has sap sucked by			Brachycaudus helichrysi	Leaf-curling Plum Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi/	Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi	leaf-curling plum aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live, severely curled	leaf		Major		(spring-early summer, autumn)	sucks sap of live, severely curled leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by web-dwelling hypophyllous, colonial			Panonychus ulmi	Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite	Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Panonychus ulmi/	Panonychus ulmi	fruit tree red spider mite		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / web feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live	leaf				(4-)	hypophyllous, colonial feeds from web on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous			Hyalopterus pruni	Mealy Plum Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Hyalopterus pruni/	Hyalopterus pruni	mealy plum aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live	leaf				(5-7, autumn-)	hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by immersed conidioma of Polystigmina coelomycetous anamorph			Polystigma rubrum	Plum Leaf Blotch - causative organism, Blackthorn Dotty	Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Polystigma rubrum (Pers.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle,, Cannon, P.F., 1996 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Phyllachorales/Phyllachoraceae/Polystigma rubrum/	Polystigma rubrum	plum leaf blotch - causative organism, blackthorn dotty		immersed	conidioma	Polystigmina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live	leaf		Minor			immersed conidioma of Polystigmina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot tip (live, galled)		live, galled shoot tip is galled by fruitbody			Taphrina insititiae	Plum Witches’ Broom	Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae	The reassignment of three ’lost’ Taphrina species (Taphrina bullata, Taphrina insititiae and Taphrina rhizophora) supported by the divergence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, Petrydesova, J., Bacigalova, K. & Sulo, P., 2013	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina insititiae/	Taphrina insititiae	plum witches' broom				fruitbody	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live, galled	shoot tip					fruitbody causes gall of live, galled shoot tip
shoot (live)		live shoot has sap sucked by			Phorodon humuli	Damson-hop Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Phorodon (Phorodon) humuli/	Phorodon (Phorodon) humuli	damson-hop aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/	Prunus domestica subsp. insititia	damson, bullace		live	shoot				(3-6, autumn)	sucks sap of live shoot

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cannon, P.F., 1996	Polystigma rubrum (Pers.) DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle,	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1288.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Petrydesova, J., Bacigalova, K. & Sulo, P., 2013	The reassignment of three ’lost’ Taphrina species (Taphrina bullata, Taphrina insititiae and Taphrina rhizophora) supported by the divergence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA	International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Vol 63: 3091-3098.
Wormauld, H., 1940	Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain	TBMS Vol 24(1): 20-28,I,II.

Prunus domestica ssp insititia (Damson, Bullace) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Prunus domestica
(Wild Plum)

Prunus
(plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)

ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Fruit trees
(fruit-bearing trees)

Soft Fruit
(treees, bushes and plants that are grown for soft fruit)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Prunus domestica ssp insititia (Damson, Bullace)
Species	Prunus domestica (Wild Plum)
Genus	Prunus (plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)
Family	ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
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 Prunus domestica ssp insititia (Damson, Bullace)

Prunus domestica ssp insititia (Damson, Bullace) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Prunus domestica ssp insititia (Damson, Bullace):

Prunus
(plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fruit trees
(fruit-bearing trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

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