Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort.
(Wall Lettuce)

Interactions where Mycelis muralis 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
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Bremia lactucae s. lat.	Lettuce Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./	Bremia lactucae s. lat.	lettuce downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live			Rare			sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live						parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus	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/Puccinia maculosa/	Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is spotted by aecium			Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus	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/Puccinia maculosa/	Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live						aecium causes spots on live
leaf (base of midrib)		leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium			Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/	Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce			leaf (base of midrib)					puparium may be found in leaf (base of midrib)
leaf (midrib, lamina)		leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva			Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/	Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce			leaf (midrib, lamina)					larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta immaculata	Dandelion Leaf-miner	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta immaculata/	Trypeta immaculata	dandelion leaf-miner				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta zoe	Hemp Agrimony Leafminer	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/	Trypeta zoe	hemp agrimony leafminer				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce	?		leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia mulgedii	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia mulgedii/	Ramularia mulgedii	(an anamorphic fungus)		mainly hypophyllous		Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live	leaf					mainly hypophyllous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus	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/Puccinia maculosa/	Puccinia maculosa	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Mycelis muralis/	Mycelis muralis	wall lettuce		live	leaf					hypophyllous uredium 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
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
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1976	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce)
Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Mycelis muralis is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce)

Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce):

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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