Taraxacum officinale agg.
(dandelion)

Interactions where Taraxacum officinale agg. 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
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Myopa a genus of beegrabbers Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Myopa/Myopaa genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./Bremia lactucae s. lat.lettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Questionable Puccinia dioicae var silvatica a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia dioicae var. silvatica/Puccinia dioicae var. silvaticaa rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelion?live aecium parasitises live
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Aeolothrips tenuicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips tenuicornis/Aeolothrips tenuicornisa thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower adult feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of female UK/Ireland Haplothrips hukkineni a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips hukkineni/Haplothrips hukkinenia thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (4-9)female feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Haplothrips hukkineni a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips hukkineni/Haplothrips hukkinenia thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower larva feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of male UK/Ireland Haplothrips hukkineni a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips hukkineni/Haplothrips hukkinenia thripsmale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (5,7-9)male feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thrips physapus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips physapus/Thrips physapusa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower larva feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of male UK/Ireland Thrips physapus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips physapus/Thrips physapusa thripsmale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (6,8-9)male feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of female UK/Ireland Thrips physapus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips physapus/Thrips physapusa thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (5,7-9)female feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thrips tabaci Onion Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips tabaci/Thrips tabacionion thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (1-12)larva feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Thrips tabaci Onion Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips tabaci/Thrips tabacionion thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower adult feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thrips validus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips validus/Thrips validusa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (5-9)larva feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Thrips validus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips validus/Thrips validusa thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveflower (4-9)adult feeds on live flower
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella hieracii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella hieracii/Mycosphaerella hieraciian ascomyceteamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveleaf (9-10)amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph Foreign Mycosphaerella taraxaci (An Ascomycete) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella taraxaci/Mycosphaerella taraxaci(an ascomycete)colonyPseudocercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveleaf colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, scattered, blackish-brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta taraxaci a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta taraxaci/Ascochyta taraxacia coelomycetefew, epiphyllous, scattered, blackish-brownpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionliveleaf (8)few, epiphyllous, scattered, blackish-brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
phyllary (live) live phyllary is galled by sorus UK/Ireland Synchytrium taraxaci Dandelion Wart - causative organism Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/Synchytrium taraxacidandelion wart (causative organism)sorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./Taraxacum officinale agg.dandelionlivephyllary sorus causes gall of live phyllary

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Webster, J., 1980Introduction to FungiSecond edition, 669pp, Cambridge University Press
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966British Rust Fungi384pp, Cambridge University Press

Taraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateTaraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion)
GenusTaraxacum (dandelions)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Taraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion)

Taraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Taraxacum officinale agg. (dandelion):

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