Vaccinium uliginosum L.
(Bog Bilberry)

Interactions where Vaccinium uliginosum 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
fruit (dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered)		dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered fruit is decayed by one or two apothecium			Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia megalospora/	Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete		one or two		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered	fruit				(spring to early summer)	one or two apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered fruit
leaf		leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis uredium			Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/	Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry			leaf		Minor		(5-10)	hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis uredium parasitises leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by stromatic pseudothecium			Gibbera myrtilli	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera myrtilli/	Gibbera myrtilli	an ascomycete		stromatic		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead	leaf					stromatic pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by erumpent stroma			Gibbera myrtilli	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera myrtilli/	Gibbera myrtilli	an ascomycete		erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead	leaf					erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by apothecium			Lophodermium maculare	an ascomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium maculare/	Lophodermium maculare	an ascomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead	leaf					apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by telium			Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/	Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead	leaf		Minor			telium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by subcuticular or subepidermal pseudostroma			Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera conferta/	Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete		subcuticular or subepidermal		pseudostroma	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		live	leaf					subcuticular or subepidermal pseudostroma parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic pseudothecium			Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera conferta/	Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete		subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		live	leaf					subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic pseudothecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph			Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia megalospora/	Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete				Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		live	leaf				(summer)	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (overwintered)		overwintered leaf is decayed by subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic pseudothecium			Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera conferta/	Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete		subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		overwintered	leaf					subcuticular or subepidermal, clustered, pseudostromatic pseudothecium is saprobic on overwintered leaf
leaf (overwintered)		overwintered leaf is decayed by subcuticular or subepidermal pseudostroma			Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Gibbera conferta/	Gibbera conferta	an ascomycete		subcuticular or subepidermal		pseudostroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		overwintered	leaf					subcuticular or subepidermal pseudostroma is saprobic on overwintered leaf
shoot (live)		live shoot is parasitised by Monilia dematiaceous anamorph			Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia megalospora/	Monilinia megalospora	a discomycete				Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		live	shoot				(summer)	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph parasitises live shoot
shoot (live)		live shoot is galled by fruitbody			Exobasidium expansum	Northern Bilberry Redleaf	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium expansum/	Exobasidium expansum	northern bilberry redleaf				fruitbody	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		live	shoot					fruitbody causes gall of live shoot
twig (dead)		dead twig is decayed by apothecium			Sporomega degenerans	an ascomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Sporomega degenerans/	Sporomega degenerans	an ascomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium uliginosum/	Vaccinium uliginosum	bog bilberry		dead	twig					apothecium is saprobic on dead twig

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes)	Nordic Macromycetes, 1, 309pp, Nordsvamp, Copenhagen
Ing, B., 1998	Exobasidium in the British Isles	Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vaccinium
(bilberries and cranberries)

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Woody plants
(subshrubs)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry)
Genus	Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry)

Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry):

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

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