Muscari Mill.
(grape hyacinths)

Interactions where Muscari 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').

Filters:

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
anther (live) Major live anther may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Antherospora vaillantii Scilla Anther Smut Urocystidales: Floromycetaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/Antherospora vaillantiiscilla anther smutsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthsliveanther sorus infects and damages live anther
bulb scale bulb scale is decayed by colony of Embellisia dematiaceous anamorph Embellisia hyacinthi a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Embellisia hyacinthi, David, J.C., 1991
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Embellisia hyacinthi/Embellisia hyacinthia dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyEmbellisia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthsbulb scale colony of Embellisia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bulb scale
bulb bulb may be infected and damaged by colony Erwinia carotovora Bacterial Soft Rot Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Erwinia carotovora/Erwinia carotovorabacterial soft rotcolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthsbulb colony infects and damages bulb
bulb (live, soft or necrotic) live, soft or necrotic bulb may be infected and damaged by Ditylenchus dipsaci Stem Eelworm, Stem and Bulb Eelworm Rhabditida: Anguinidae Stem nematodes of bulbs (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Anon., 2008
/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Rhabditida/Anguinidae/Ditylenchus dipsaci/Ditylenchus dipsacistem eelworm, stem and bulb eelworm Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthslive, soft or necroticbulb infects and damages live, soft or necrotic bulb
bulb (live) live bulb may be infected and damaged by anamorph Sclerotinia bulborum Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/Sclerotinia bulborumhyacinth black slime (causative organism)anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthslivebulb anamorph infects and damages live bulb
bulb (live) live bulb may be infected and damaged by apothecium Foreign Sclerotinia bulborum Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/Sclerotinia bulborumhyacinth black slime (causative organism)apothecium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthslivebulb apothecium infects and damages live bulb
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by semi-immersed, brownish becoming darker pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Septoria scillae 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 scillae/Septoria scillaea leaf-spot fungussemi-immersed, brownish becoming darkerpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthsliveleaf (5)semi-immersed, brownish becoming darker pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
ovary (live) Minor live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Antherospora vaillantii Scilla Anther Smut Urocystidales: Floromycetaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/Antherospora vaillantiiscilla anther smutsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/Muscarigrape hyacinthsliveovary sorus infects and damages live ovary

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon., 2008Stem nematodes of bulbs (Ditylenchus dipsaci)Plant Clinic News Mar 08: 2.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
David, J.C., 1991Embellisia hyacinthiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1079.
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
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

Muscari (grape hyacinths) 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
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMuscari (grape hyacinths)
FamilyASPARAGACEAE (hyacinths)
OrderASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Muscari (grape hyacinths)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Easy, G.M.S. Muscari Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Muscari (grape hyacinths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Muscari (grape hyacinths):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Muscari (grape hyacinths)
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