Prunus lusitanica L.
(Portugal Laurel)

Interactions where Prunus lusitanica 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 pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph			Diplodia tecta	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia tecta/	Diplodia tecta	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel								pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
		may be infected and damaged by			[Armillaria mellea s.l.]	honey fungi	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria mellea s.l./	Armillaria mellea s.l.	honey fungi					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel								infects and damages
(live)		live is parasitised by			Podosphaera tridactyla	Plum Powdery Mildew, Plum Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera tridactyla/	Podosphaera tridactyla	plum powdery mildew, plum mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		live						parasitises live
branch (dead)		dead branch is decayed by clustered, erumpent apothecium			Pezicula houghtonii	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pezicula houghtonii/	Pezicula houghtonii	a discomycete		clustered, erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		dead	branch				(9-10)	clustered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by immersed apothecium			Trochila laurocerasi	Laurel Speckle	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Trochila laurocerasi/	Trochila laurocerasi	laurel speckle		immersed		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		dead, fallen	leaf				(5-12)	immersed apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed, numerous, gregarious pycnidium of Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph			Coleophoma cylindrospora	a coelomycete		British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Coleophoma cylindrospora/	Coleophoma cylindrospora	a coelomycete		immersed, numerous, gregarious	pycnidium	Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		dead	leaf					immersed, numerous, gregarious pycnidium of Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is foodplant of epiphyllous, superficial pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph			Macrophoma collabens	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophoma collabens/	Macrophoma collabens	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, superficial	pycnidium	Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		fading	leaf					epiphyllous, superficial pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by caterpillar			Abraxas grossulariata	Magpie Moth	Lepidoptera: Geometridae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Abraxas grossulariata/	Abraxas grossulariata	magpie moth				caterpillar	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		live	leaf		Minor		(4-6)	caterpillar grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is foodplant of epiphyllous, superficial pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph			Macrophoma collabens	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophoma collabens/	Macrophoma collabens	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, superficial	pycnidium	Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel		live	leaf					epiphyllous, superficial pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live leaf
twig (slender)		twig (slender) is foodplant of gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis prunorum	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis prunorum/	Phomopsis prunorum	a coelomycete		gregarious	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus lusitanica/	Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel			twig (slender)					gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on twig (slender)

Prunus lusitanica (Portugal Laurel) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

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)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Prunus lusitanica (Portugal Laurel)
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 lusitanica (Portugal Laurel)

Prunus lusitanica (Portugal Laurel) 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 lusitanica (Portugal Laurel):

Prunus
(plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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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