Quercus rubra L.
(Red Oak)

Interactions where Quercus rubra 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
		is parasitised by			Erysiphe alphitoides	Oak Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe alphitoides/	Erysiphe alphitoides	oak mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak								parasitises
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Myzocallis walshii	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Prociphilus fraxinifolii (Hempitera: Aphididae) a species new to Britain, Baker, E.A. & Martin, J.H., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Myzocallis (Lineomyzocallis) walshii/	Myzocallis (Lineomyzocallis) walshii	an aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		live						sucks sap of live
leaf (often near veil) (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf (often near veil) is decayed by immersed, solitary or in groups perithecium			Hypospilina pustula	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Hypospilina pustula/	Hypospilina pustula	a pyrenomycete		immersed, solitary or in groups		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf (often near veil)				(3-8)	immersed, solitary or in groups perithecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf (often near veil)
leaf (dead, fallen, decayed)		dead, fallen, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody			Gymnopus quercophilus	Oak Toughshank	Agaricales: Omphalotaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus quercophilus/	Gymnopus quercophilus	oak toughshank				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen, decayed	leaf		Minor			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, locally bleached)		dead, fallen, locally bleached leaf is decayed by apothecium			Pezizella roburnea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella roburnea/	Pezizella roburnea	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen, locally bleached	leaf				(9-2)	apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, locally bleached leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, locally bleached)		dead, fallen, locally bleached leaf is decayed by subcuticular, opening by slit apothecium			Hypoderma ilicinum	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Hypoderma ilicinum/	Hypoderma ilicinum	a discomycete		subcuticular, opening by slit		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen, locally bleached	leaf				(9-11)	subcuticular, opening by slit apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, locally bleached leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, over-wintered)		dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf is decayed by apothecium			Calycellina rubescens	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Calycellina rubescens/	Calycellina rubescens	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen, over-wintered	leaf				(8-12)	apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, rotting)		dead, fallen, rotting leaf is decayed by mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium			Microthyrium microscopicum	a fly speck fungus	Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium microscopicum/	Microthyrium microscopicum	a fly speck fungus		mostly epiphyllous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen, rotting	leaf				(1-12)	mostly epiphyllous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by apothecium			Calycellina punctata	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Calycellina punctata/	Calycellina punctata	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf				(7-10)	apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium			Graddonidiscus coruscatus	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Graddonidiscus coruscatus/	Graddonidiscus coruscatus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf				(10-12)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by stalked apothecium			Lachnum soppittii	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum soppittii/	Lachnum soppittii	a discomycete		stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf				(7-2)	stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by amphigenous, effuse colony of Lobatipedis dematiaceous anamorph			Lobatopedis foliicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lobatopedis foliicola/	Lobatopedis foliicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, effuse	colony	Lobatipedis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf				(8-10)	amphigenous, effuse colony of Lobatipedis dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph			Chalara kendrickii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Microascales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Chalara kendrickii/	Chalara kendrickii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chalara dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead, fallen	leaf				(12)	effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (live, blistered)		live, blistered leaf is spotted by hypophyllous ascoma			Taphrina caerulescens	a tongue fungus	Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 A Taphrina species on Quercus ilex in Britain, Spooner, B., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina caerulescens/	Taphrina caerulescens	a tongue fungus		hypophyllous		ascoma	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		live, blistered	leaf					hypophyllous ascoma causes spots on live, blistered leaf
sucker shoot		sucker shoot is decayed by apothecium			Hysterostegiella quercea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysterostegiella quercea/	Hysterostegiella quercea	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak			sucker shoot				(5)	apothecium is saprobic on sucker shoot
twig (dead)		dead twig is decayed by becoming erumpent through longitudinal slits pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis quercella	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 quercella/	Phomopsis quercella	a coelomycete		becoming erumpent through longitudinal slits	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak		dead	twig				(12)	becoming erumpent through longitudinal slits pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
wood		wood is decayed by pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma			Daldinia fissa	Gorse Cramp Ball	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia fissa/	Daldinia fissa	gorse cramp ball		pulvinate, erumpent or superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus rubra/	Quercus rubra	red oak			wood					pulvinate, erumpent or superficial stroma is saprobic on wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Baker, E.A. & Martin, J.H., 2011	Prociphilus fraxinifolii (Hempitera: Aphididae) a species new to Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 221-223, Plate 15.
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.
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
Spooner, B., 2007	A Taphrina species on Quercus ilex in Britain	Field Mycology Vol 8 (3): 77-79.
Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies	Mycotaxon 77: 379-429.

Quercus rubra (Red Oak) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Quercus
(oaks)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Trees with bark of low pH
(acid-barked trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Quercus rubra (Red Oak)
Genus	Quercus (oaks)
Family	FAGACEAE (forest trees)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Quercus rubra (Red Oak)

Quercus rubra (Red Oak) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Quercus rubra (Red Oak):

Quercus
(oaks)

FAGACEAE
(forest trees)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

BioImages

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