Rubus caesius L.
(Dewberry)

Interactions where Rubus caesius 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 pynium			Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Phragmidiaceae	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/Phragmidiaceae/Phragmidium bulbosum/	Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus				pynium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry								pynium parasitises
		is parasitised by aecium			Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Phragmidiaceae	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/Phragmidiaceae/Phragmidium bulbosum/	Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry								aecium parasitises
		is parasitised by telium			Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Phragmidiaceae	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/Phragmidiaceae/Phragmidium bulbosum/	Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry								telium parasitises
(live)		live is parasitised by			Podosphaera aphanis	a conidial powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera aphanis/	Podosphaera aphanis	a conidial powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		live						parasitises live
leaf (especially lower leaves)		leaf (especially lower leaves) may be infected and damaged by effuse, hypophyllous colony			Peronospora sparsa s. lat.	Rose Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./	Peronospora sparsa s. lat.	rose downy mildew		effuse, hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry			leaf (especially lower leaves)				(summer-autumn)	effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves)
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Macrophya montana	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya montana/	Macrophya montana	a sawfly		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry			leaf		Major			nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Phragmidiaceae	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/Phragmidiaceae/Phragmidium bulbosum/	Phragmidium bulbosum	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry			leaf					hypophyllous uredium parasitises leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous caespituli of Neoramularia anamorph			Neoramularia rubi	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Neoramularia rubi/	Neoramularia rubi	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	caespituli	Neoramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		live	leaf					amphigenous caespituli of Neoramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, superficial, solitary or clustered pseudothecium			Coleroa chaetomium	an ascomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Coleroa chaetomium/	Coleroa chaetomium	an ascomycete		epiphyllous, superficial, solitary or clustered		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		live	leaf				(4-8)	epiphyllous, superficial, solitary or clustered pseudothecium parasitises live leaf
root		root is galled by larva			Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diastrophus rubi/	Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry			root		Major			larva causes gall of root
stem (fruiting, at soil level) (live)		live stem (fruiting, at soil level) may be infected and damaged by immersed pseudothecium			Paraconiothyrium fuckelii	Raspberry Cane Blight, Rose Stem Canker - causative organism	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraconiothyrium fuckelii/	Paraconiothyrium fuckelii	raspberry cane blight, rose stem canker (causative organism)		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		live	stem (fruiting, at soil level)				(12-2)	immersed pseudothecium infects and damages live stem (fruiting, at soil level)
stem (fruiting, at soil level) (live)		live stem (fruiting, at soil level) may be infected and damaged by Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph			Paraconiothyrium fuckelii	Raspberry Cane Blight, Rose Stem Canker - causative organism	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraconiothyrium fuckelii/	Paraconiothyrium fuckelii	raspberry cane blight, rose stem canker (causative organism)				Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		live	stem (fruiting, at soil level)					Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (fruiting, at soil level)
stem		stem is galled by larva			Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006 Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diastrophus rubi/	Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry			stem		Major			larva causes gall of stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by subepidermal, then exposed by raising or lifting off little lids apothecium			Hysterostegiella dumeti	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysterostegiella dumeti/	Hysterostegiella dumeti	a discomycete		subepidermal, then exposed by raising or lifting off little lids		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/	Rubus caesius	dewberry		dead	stem				(3-5)	subepidermal, then exposed by raising or lifting off little lids apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic	Zootaxa 1301.
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
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963	Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1980	Peronospora rubi	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 976.
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

Rubus caesius (Dewberry) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rubus
(brambles, blackberries and raspberries)

ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Soft Fruit
(treees, bushes and plants that are grown for soft fruit)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Woody plants
(subshrubs)

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

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rubus caesius (Dewberry)
Genus	Rubus (brambles, blackberries and raspberries)
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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rubus caesius (Dewberry)

Rubus caesius (Dewberry) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Rubus
(brambles, blackberries and raspberries)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rubus caesius (Dewberry):

Rubus
(brambles, blackberries and raspberries)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

BioImages

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