Geranium molle L.
(Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)

Interactions where Geranium molle 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
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Plasmopara pusilla s. lat.	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/Plasmopara pusilla s. lat./	Plasmopara pusilla s. lat.	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live			Rare			sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by abundant conidial anamorph			Podosphaera fugax	a conidial powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fugax/	Podosphaera fugax	a conidial powdery mildew		abundant		conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live						abundant conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Podosphaera fugax	a conidial powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fugax/	Podosphaera fugax	a conidial powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is grazed by			Limobius borealis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/	Limobius borealis	a weevil					Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill			leaf					grazes on leaf
leaf (live, small, crinkled, yellowish)		live, small, crinkled, yellowish leaf is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora conglomerata	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora conglomerata/	Peronospora conglomerata	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live, small, crinkled, yellowish	leaf		Major			sporangium parasitises live, small, crinkled, yellowish leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is mined by larva (early)			Aricia agestis	Brown Argus	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Aricia agestis/	Aricia agestis	brown argus				larva (early)	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					larva (early) mines live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by larva (later)			Aricia agestis	Brown Argus	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Aricia agestis/	Aricia agestis	brown argus				larva (later)	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					larva (later) grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph			Phacellium geranii	(A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium geranii/	Phacellium geranii	(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)			synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf		Sole			synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, sooty caespituli of Phaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph			Phaeoramularia minutissima	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phaeoramularia minutissima/	Phaeoramularia minutissima	an anamorphic fungus		hypophyllous, sooty	caespituli	Phaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					hypophyllous, sooty caespituli of Phaeoramularia dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia geranii var geranii	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia geranii var. geranii/	Ramularia geranii var. geranii	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium			Coleroa circinans	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Coleroa circinans/	Coleroa circinans	an ascomycete		mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf				(10-4)	mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by aggregated, immersed pseudothecium			Venturia geranii	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Venturia geranii/	Venturia geranii	an ascomycete		aggregated, immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf				(11-5)	aggregated, immersed pseudothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous pycnium			Uromyces geranii	Geranium Rust	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/Uromyces geranii/	Uromyces geranii	geranium rust		hypophyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					hypophyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium			Uromyces geranii	Geranium Rust	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/Uromyces geranii/	Uromyces geranii	geranium rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Uromyces geranii	Geranium Rust	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/Uromyces geranii/	Uromyces geranii	geranium rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Uromyces geranii	Geranium Rust	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/Uromyces geranii/	Uromyces geranii	geranium rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/	Geranium molle	dove’s-foot crane’s-bill		live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Geranium
(true geraniums)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)
Genus	Geranium (true geraniums)
Family	GERANIACEAE (geraniums and storksbills)
Order	GERANIALES (geraniums and storksbills)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Geranium molle is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Geraniaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill)

Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Geranium
(true geraniums)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Geranium molle (Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill):

Geranium
(true geraniums)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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