Mercurialis L.
(mercuries)

Interactions where Mercurialis 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
leaf (petiole) (live) live leaf (petiole) is galled by aecium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesliveleaf (petiole) (4-6)aecium causes gall of live leaf (petiole)
leaf leaf is galled by Synchytrium mercurialis Dog’s Mercury Wart - causative organism Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium mercurialis/Synchytrium mercurialisdog's mercury wart (causative organism) Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by aecium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesliveleaf (4-6)aecium causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustmostly epiphyllous, in small clusterspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesliveleaf (4-6)mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustmostly epiphyllous, in small clusterspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercurieslivepetiole (4-6)mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live petiole
stem stem is galled by larva Kalcapion semivittatum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Kalcapion semivittatum/Kalcapion semivittatuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesstem larva causes gall of stem
stem stem is galled by Synchytrium mercurialis Dog’s Mercury Wart - causative organism Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium mercurialis/Synchytrium mercurialisdog's mercury wart (causative organism) Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercuriesstem causes gall of stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by aecium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercurieslivestem (4-6)aecium causes gall of live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustmostly epiphyllous, in small clusterspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/Mercurialismercurieslivestem (4-6)mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Mercurialis (mercuries) 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
Mercurialis annua
Annual Mercury
Species 4 trophisms
Mercurialis perennis
Dog’s Mercury
Species 50 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMercurialis (mercuries)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Mercurialis (mercuries)

Mercurialis (mercuries) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mercurialis (mercuries):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 48 images of Mercurialis (mercuries)
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