Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop.
(Woolly Thistle)

Interactions where Cirsium eriophorum 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 foodplant of larva Foreign Terellia ruficauda Red-tailed Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia ruficauda/Terellia ruficaudared-tailed thistle flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Foreign Urophora stylata Spear-thistle Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistle larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlelive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia cnici a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlelive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia cnici a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlelive aecium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Chaetostomella cylindrica a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Chaetostomella cylindrica/Chaetostomella cylindricaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Terellia longicauda Woolly Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia longicauda/Terellia longicaudawoolly thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlecapitulumSole larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Terellia winthemi Welted Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia winthemi/Terellia winthemiwelted thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistle?capitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign+?UK/Eire Xyphosia miliaria Mottled Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Xyphosia miliaria/Xyphosia miliariamottled thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederConfirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/Phoma cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowsconidiomaPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistledeadleaf sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis cirsii a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis cirsii/Phomopsis cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistledeadleaf (10-5)sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braunan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistleliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia jubatskana (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia jubatskana/Ramularia jubatskana(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistleliveleaf mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Rare Puccinia cnici 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistleliveleafRare amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cnici a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistleliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Major Orobanche reticulata Thistle Broomrape Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche reticulata/Orobanche reticulatathistle broomrapeundergroundtuber Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistlerootMajor underground tuber parasitises root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/Phoma cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowsconidiomaPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistledeadstem sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis cirsii a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis cirsii/Phomopsis cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/Cirsium eriophorumwoolly thistledeadstem (10-5)sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle)
GenusCirsium (thistle)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
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 Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle)

Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle):

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