Mespilus germanica (medlar)

Interactions where Mespilus germanica 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Season	Summary
	is parasitised by	Phyllactinia mali	a conidial powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Phyllactinia mali/	Phyllactinia mali	a conidial powdery mildew				Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar						parasitises
	is parasitised by	Podosphaera clandestina var clandestina	Hawthorn Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina/	Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina	hawthorn mildew				Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar						parasitises
	is parasitised by	Podosphaera leucotricha	Apple Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera leucotricha/	Podosphaera leucotricha	apple powdery mildew				Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar	?					parasitises
	may be infected and damaged by	Armillaria	honey fungi	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/	Armillaria	honey fungi				Foodplant / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar						infects and damages
branch (cankered)	cankered branch may be infected and damaged by scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Phomopsis perniciosa	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis perniciosa/	Phomopsis perniciosa	a coelomycete	scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		cankered	branch			scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages cankered branch
calyx (live)	live calyx is galled by aecium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus			aecium	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	calyx	Rare		aecium causes gall of live calyx
calyx (live)	live calyx is parasitised by pycnium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Gymnosporangium confusum Plowright, Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus			pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	calyx	Minor		pycnium parasitises live calyx
cambium of dead twig (below)	below cambium of dead twig is mined by larva	Magdalis barbicornis	Pear Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Magdalis barbicornis/	Magdalis barbicornis	pear weevil			larva	Foodplant / miner	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		below	cambium of dead twig			larva mines below cambium of dead twig
flower	flower may be infected and damaged by	Erwinia amylovora	Fireblight		Fireblight, DEFRA/CSL	/Erwinia amylovora/	Erwinia amylovora	fireblight				Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			flower			infects and damages flower
fruit	fruit may contain larva	Tatianaerhynchites aequatus	Apple Fruit Rhynchites	Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Tatianaerhynchites aequatus/	Tatianaerhynchites aequatus	apple fruit rhynchites			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			fruit			larva feeds within fruit
fruit (cankered)	cankered fruit may be infected and damaged by scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Phomopsis perniciosa	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis perniciosa/	Phomopsis perniciosa	a coelomycete	scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		cankered	fruit			scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages cankered fruit
fruit (dead)	dead fruit is decayed by long covered, but eventually erumpent through fissure pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Diaporthe eres	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/	Diaporthe eres	a pyrenomycete	long covered, but eventually erumpent through fissure	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		dead	fruit			long covered, but eventually erumpent through fissure pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead fruit
fruit (live, fallen, brown-rotten)	live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Monilinia fructigena	Apple Brown Rot - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/	Monilinia fructigena	apple brown rot (causative organism)		sporodochium	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live, fallen, brown-rotten	fruit			sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit
fruit (live, wrinkled, brown-rotten)	live, wrinkled, brown-rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Monilinia laxa	a brown rot of tree fruit (causative organism)	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia laxa/	Monilinia laxa	a brown rot of tree fruit (causative organism)		sporodochium	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live, wrinkled, brown-rotten	fruit			sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, wrinkled, brown-rotten fruit
fruit (live)	live fruit is galled by aecium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus			aecium	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	fruit	Rare		aecium causes gall of live fruit
fruit (mummified)	mummified fruit is decayed by long-stalked apothecium	Monilinia mespili	Medlar Leaf Blotch - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia mespili/	Monilinia mespili	medlar leaf blotch (causative organism)	long-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		mummified	fruit	Rare	(4)	long-stalked apothecium is saprobic on mummified fruit
leaf (midrib)	leaf (midrib) may contain larva	Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus	a leafroller weevil	Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus/	Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus	a leafroller weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf (midrib)			larva feeds within leaf (midrib)
leaf (petiole)	leaf (petiole) may contain larva	Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus	a leafroller weevil	Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus/	Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus	a leafroller weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf (petiole)			larva feeds within leaf (petiole)
leaf	leaf may be infected and damaged by	Erwinia amylovora	Fireblight		Fireblight, DEFRA/CSL	/Erwinia amylovora/	Erwinia amylovora	fireblight				Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf			infects and damages leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by web-dwelling communal larva	Neurotoma saltuum	Social Pear Spinner	Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pamphiliidae/Neurotoma saltuum/	Neurotoma saltuum	social pear spinner	communal		larva	Foodplant / web feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf			communal larva feeds from web on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by epiphyllous larva	Caliroa cerasi	Pear and Cherry Slug Sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Caliroa cerasi/	Caliroa cerasi	pear and cherry slug sawfly	epiphyllous		larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar			leaf		(6-9)	epiphyllous larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, overwintering)	dead, fallen, overwintering leaf is spotted by sclerotium	Monilinia mespili	Medlar Leaf Blotch - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia mespili/	Monilinia mespili	medlar leaf blotch (causative organism)			sclerotium	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		dead, fallen, overwintering	leaf		(winter)	sclerotium causes spots on dead, fallen, overwintering leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, scattered, dark synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Phacellium mespili		Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium mespili/	Phacellium mespili		hypophyllous, scattered, dark	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	leaf	Sole		hypophyllous, scattered, dark synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by Monilinia anamorph	Monilinia mespili	Medlar Leaf Blotch - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia mespili/	Monilinia mespili	medlar leaf blotch (causative organism)			Monilinia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	leaf		(5)	Monilinia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is galled by mostly hypophyllous, grouped aecium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	mostly hypophyllous, grouped		aecium	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	leaf	Rare		mostly hypophyllous, grouped aecium causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous pycnium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Gymnosporangium confusum Plowright, Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	leaf	Minor		epiphyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf
stem (live)	live stem is galled by aecium	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus			aecium	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/	Mespilus germanica	medlar		live	stem	Rare		aecium causes gall of live stem

Species	Mespilus germanica (Medlar)
Family	ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Mespilus germanica L.
(Medlar)

Interactions where Mespilus germanica is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
DEFRA/CSL	Fireblight
Benson, R.B., 1951	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Laundon, G., 1977	Gymnosporangium confusum Plowright	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 544.
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Spooner, B., 2008	Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia	Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 121-125.