Interactions where Symphytum asperum 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
(live)
live is parasitised by sporangium
Peronospora symphyti a downy mildew
Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles , Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora symphyti/ Peronospora symphyti a downy mildew sporangium
Foodplant / parasite UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum asperum/ Symphytum asperum rough comfrey live sporangium parasitises live
leaf (live, usually pale and small)
live, usually pale and small leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous telium
Melampsorella symphyti a rust fungus
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota , Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella symphyti/ Melampsorella symphyti a rust fungus hypophyllous telium
Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum asperum/ Symphytum asperum rough comfrey live, usually pale and small leaf hypophyllous telium infects and damages live, usually pale and small leaf
leaf (live)
live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph
Ramularia calcea an anamorphic fungus
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II , Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia calcea/ Ramularia calcea an anamorphic fungus mainly hypophyllous colony Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph
Foodplant / spot causer Foreign
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum asperum/ Symphytum asperum rough comfrey live leaf mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)
live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous, often covering whole leaf uredium
Melampsorella symphyti a rust fungus
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota , Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella symphyti/ Melampsorella symphyti a rust fungus hypophyllous, often covering whole leaf uredium
Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum asperum/ Symphytum asperum rough comfrey live leaf hypophyllous, often covering whole leaf uredium infects and damages live leaf
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Symphytum asperum (Rough Comfrey)
