Plantago media L.
(Hoary Plantain)

Interactions where Plantago media 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
(live) live is spotted by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Peronospora alta a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Peronospora alta, Francis, S.M., 1969
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora alta/Peronospora altaa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainliveRare (7-8)sporangium causes spots on live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces sordidus Plantain 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 sordidus/Golovinomyces sordidusplantain mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainlive (9-10)conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces sordidus Plantain 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 sordidus/Golovinomyces sordidusplantain mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainlive (9-10)cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf (blade->petiole) leaf (blade->petiole) is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza griffithsi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza griffithsi/Phytomyza griffithsia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainleaf (blade->petiole)Sole larva mines leaf (blade->petiole)
leaf (petiole) mine leaf (petiole) mine may house puparium Restricted Phytomyza griffithsi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza griffithsi/Phytomyza griffithsia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainleaf (petiole) mineSole puparium may be found in leaf (petiole) mine
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina haemoptera Plantain Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina haemoptera/Chrysolina haemopteraplantain leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Cercospora anamorph Foreign Cercospora pantoleuca (A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora pantoleuca/Cercospora pantoleuca(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)colonyCercospora anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainliveleaf colony of Cercospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform to effuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia rhabdospora an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rhabdospora/Ramularia rhabdosporaan anamorphic fungusmainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform to effusecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainliveleaf (3-10)mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform to effuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to effuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMinor Ramularia rhabdospora an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rhabdospora/Ramularia rhabdosporaan anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to effuse, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainliveleafMinor amphigenous, punctiform to effuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (senescent) senescent leaf is parasitised by effuse colony of Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph Taeniolella plantaginis a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete Mytilinidiales: Mytilinidiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Taeniolella plantaginis/Taeniolella plantaginisa dematiaceous anamorphic ascomyceteeffusecolonyTaeniolella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainsenescentleaf effuse colony of Taeniolella dematiaceous anamorph parasitises senescent leaf
stem (upper part) (dead) dead stem (upper part) is decayed by immersed under blackish-brown epidermis pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis subordinaria a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis subordinaria/Phomopsis subordinariaa coelomyceteimmersed under blackish-brown epidermispycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantaindeadstem (upper part) (6-11)immersed under blackish-brown epidermis pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (upper part)
stem (upper part) (live, down-curved) live, down-curved stem (upper part) is parasitised by immersed under blackish-brown epidermis pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis subordinaria a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis subordinaria/Phomopsis subordinariaa coelomyceteimmersed under blackish-brown epidermispycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago media/Plantago mediahoary plantainlive, down-curvedstem (upper part) (6-11)immersed under blackish-brown epidermis pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live, down-curved stem (upper part)

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Francis, S.M., 1969Peronospora altaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 683.
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.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlantago media (Hoary Plantain)
GenusPlantago (plantains)
FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE (toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)
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 Plantago media (Hoary Plantain)

Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Plantago media (Hoary Plantain):

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