Mentha arvensis L.
(Corn Mint)

Interactions where Mentha arvensis 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 Meligethes gagathinus a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes gagathinus/Meligethes gagathinusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mint larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by effuse colony of Botryosporium anamorph Minor Botryosporium pulchrum an anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Botryosporium pulchrum/Botryosporium pulchruman anamorphic funguseffusecolonyBotryosporium anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintliveMinor effuse colony of Botryosporium anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/IrelandMinor Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a 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/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintliveMinor conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a 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/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintlive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by punctiform pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria menthae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria menthae/Septoria menthaea leaf-spot funguspunctiformpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintfadingleaf (8)punctiform pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by pycnium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintlive, elongatedshootMajor pycnium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by aecium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintlive, elongatedshootMajor aecium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by uredium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintlive, elongatedshootMajor uredium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by telium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis/Mentha arvensiscorn mintlive, elongatedshootMajor telium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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.

Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMentha arvensis (Corn Mint)
GenusMentha (mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint)

Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint):

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