Stellaria alsine Grimm
(Bog Stitchwort)

Interactions where Stellaria alsine 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
anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum stellariae Chickweed Anther Smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/Microbotryum stellariaechickweed anther smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortliveanther embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera diversipunctata a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera diversipunctata/Hypera diversipunctataa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead, bleached) dead, bleached leaf is decayed by scattered, few, mainly epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta holosteae a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta holosteae/Phyllosticta holosteaea coelomycetescattered, few, mainly epiphyllouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortdead, bleachedleaf (7)scattered, few, mainly epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, bleached leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by aggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta stellariae a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta stellariae/Ascochyta stellariaea coelomyceteaggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortdeadleaf (5)aggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by aggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta stellariae a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta stellariae/Ascochyta stellariaea coelomyceteaggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortfadingleaf (5)aggregated, immersed, honey-fuscous, narrowly dark circled around the pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phacellium episphaerium a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium episphaerium/Phacellium episphaeriuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungusmainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia arenariae Sweet William Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia arenariae/Puccinia arenariaesweet william rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (lower parts) (living) living stem (lower parts) is parasitised by solitary or in small groups, stipitate apothecium UK/Ireland Lanzia stellariae a discomycete Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Mycologist’s Diary, Robinson, K., 2007
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Lanzia stellariae/Lanzia stellariaea discomycetesolitary or in small groups, stipitateapothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortlivingstem (lower parts) (5-10)solitary or in small groups, stipitate apothecium parasitises living stem (lower parts)
stem (live) Minor live stem is spotted by whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phacellium episphaerium a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium episphaerium/Phacellium episphaeriuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguswhitish, greyish or palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/Stellaria alsinebog stitchwortlivestem whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Robinson, K., 2007A Mycologist’s DiaryField Mycology Vol 8 (4): 134-138.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
GenusStellaria (chickweeds)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Poland, J. 2007 Maddening Mimics: a belated reply BSBI News 106: 4-6.

Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort)
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