Vaccinium L.
(bilberries and cranberries)

Interactions where Vaccinium 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
is associate of Caenopsis fissirostris a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Caenopsis fissirostris/Caenopsis fissirostrisa weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberries is associated with
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Mycosphaerella vaccinii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella vaccinii/Mycosphaerella vacciniian ascomycete Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberries parasitises
berry (fallen, mummified) fallen, mummified berry may be infected and damaged by apothecium Foreign Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi Mummy Berry (Of Blueberry) - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Mummy Berry, Florence, J.
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosimummy berry (of blueberry) (causative organism)apothecium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesfallen, mummifiedberry (spring)apothecium infects and damages fallen, mummified berry
berry (pinkish purple, wrinkled) pinkish purple, wrinkled berry may be infected and damaged by pseudosclerotium Foreign Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi Mummy Berry (Of Blueberry) - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Mummy Berry, Florence, J.
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosimummy berry (of blueberry) (causative organism)pseudosclerotium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriespinkish purple, wrinkledberry pseudosclerotium infects and damages pinkish purple, wrinkled berry
leaf (margin) leaf (margin) is galled by Phyllocoptes vaccinii a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Phyllocoptes vaccinii/Phyllocoptes vacciniia gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesleaf (margin) causes gall of leaf (margin)
leaf (new) (wilted, curled) wilted, curled leaf (new) may be infected and damaged by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi Mummy Berry (Of Blueberry) - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Mummy Berry, Florence, J.
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi/Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosimummy berry (of blueberry) (causative organism)Monilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberrieswilted, curledleaf (new) Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted, curled leaf (new)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Caliroa annulipes a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa annulipes/Caliroa annulipesa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Euura reticulata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura reticulata/Euura reticulataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Pristiphora carinata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pristiphora carinata/Pristiphora carinataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous conidioma of Discosia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Discosia artocreas a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Discosia artocreas/Discosia artocreasa coelomyceteamphigenousconidiomaDiscosia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesdeadleaf (10-4)amphigenous conidioma of Discosia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by erumpent pseudothecium Leptosphaerulina myrtillina an ascomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Leptosphaerulina myrtillina/Leptosphaerulina myrtillinaan ascomyceteerumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesliveleaf (9-10)erumpent pseudothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by valdensia anamorph UK/Ireland Valdensia heterodoxa an anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Plant parasitic hyphomycetes new to Britain (NBR 226-228), Mulenko, W. & Woodward, S., 1996
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Valdensia heterodoxa/Valdensia heterodoxaan anamorphic fungusvaldensia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesliveleaf valdensia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (dark red, deformed) dark red, deformed shoot is galled by fruitbody UK/Ireland Exobasidium oxycocci a redleaf fungus Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium oxycocci/Exobasidium oxycoccia redleaf fungusfruitbody Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesdark red, deformedshoot fruitbody causes gall of dark red, deformed shoot
stem stem is galled by uredium Naohidemyces vacciniorum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/Naohidemyces vaccinioruma rust fungusuredium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesstem uredium causes gall of stem
stem stem is galled by telium Naohidemyces vacciniorum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/Naohidemyces vaccinioruma rust fungustelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesstem telium causes gall of stem
stem (proliferating) proliferating stem is galled by Phytoplasma Phytoplasmas Acholeplasmatales: Acholeplasmataceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesproliferatingstem causes gall of proliferating stem
twig end (live) live twig end is spotted by erumpent pseudothecium Leptosphaerulina myrtillina an ascomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Leptosphaerulina myrtillina/Leptosphaerulina myrtillinaan ascomyceteerumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberrieslivetwig end (9-10)erumpent pseudothecium causes spots on live twig end

Author & YearTitleSource
Florence, J.Mummy Berrywww.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/ascomycetes/Pages/MummyBerry.aspx
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1998Exobasidium in the British IslesMycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mulenko, W. & Woodward, S., 1996Plant parasitic hyphomycetes new to Britain (NBR 226-228)Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 69-72.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 47 trophisms 1 references
Species 8 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 14 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 33 trophisms
Species hybrid 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusVaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)

Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries):

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