Quercus suber L.
(Cork Oak)

Interactions where Quercus suber 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
(cankered) cankered may be infected and damaged by ForeignMajor Biscogniauxia mediterranea a stromatic ascomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invaders, Nugent, L.K., Sihanonth, P., Thienhirun, S. & Whalley, A.J.S., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Biscogniauxia mediterranea/Biscogniauxia mediterraneaa stromatic ascomycete Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakcankeredMajor infects and damages cankered
(galled) galled is associate of larva Sycophila binotata a eurytomid wasp Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae), Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Sycophila binotata/Sycophila binotataa eurytomid wasplarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakgalled larva is associated with galled
(living) living may house endophytic Foreign Biscogniauxia mediterranea a stromatic ascomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invaders, Nugent, L.K., Sihanonth, P., Thienhirun, S. & Whalley, A.J.S., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Biscogniauxia mediterranea/Biscogniauxia mediterraneaa stromatic ascomycete Foodplant / endophyteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakliving endophyte within living
cork cork is decayed by Engyodontium anamorph UK/Ireland Sporothrix rectidentata an ascomycete Ophiostomatales: Ophiostomataceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Sporothrix rectidentata/Sporothrix rectidentataan ascomyceteEngyodontium anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakcork Engyodontium anamorph is saprobic on cork
root root may be infected and damaged by Foreign Phytophthora cinnamomi a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/Phytophthora cinnamomia blight (a cause of Ink Disease) Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakroot infects and damages root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Russula pseudoimpolita a brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula pseudoimpolita/Russula pseudoimpolitaa brittlegillfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/Quercus subercork oakliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root

Quercus suber (Cork Oak) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Brasier, C., 1999Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in EuropeForestry Commission Information Notes, 30, 6pp, Forestry Commission
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.
Nugent, L.K., Sihanonth, P., Thienhirun, S. & Whalley, A.J.S., 2005Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invadersMycologist Vol 19 (1): 40-43.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesQuercus suber (Cork Oak)
GenusQuercus (oaks)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
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 Quercus suber (Cork Oak)

Quercus suber (Cork Oak) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Quercus suber (Cork Oak):

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