Salix aurita L.
(Eared Willow)

Interactions where Salix aurita 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 foodplant of Foreign Dorytomus salicis a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow feeds on
has sap sucked by colony Chaitophorus capreae a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus capreae/Chaitophorus capreaea hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow colony sucks sap of
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe adunca var adunca Willow and Poplar Mildew, Willow Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe adunca var. adunca/Erysiphe adunca var. aduncawillow and poplar mildew, willow mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow parasitises
is associate of fruitbody UK/Ireland Hebeloma fusisporum a poisonpie Agaricales: Cortinariaceae 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/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma fusisporum/Hebeloma fusisporuma poisonpiefruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow fruitbody is associated with
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by immersed or partly immersed pseudothecium Thyridaria macrostomoides an ascomycete Pleosporales: Thyridariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Thyridariaceae/Thyridaria macrostomoides/Thyridaria macrostomoidesan ascomyceteimmersed or partly immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdeadbranch (10-5)immersed or partly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (live) live branch is parasitised by fruitbody UK/Ireland Cytidia salicina Scarlet Splash Corticiales: Corticiaceae 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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Cytidia salicina/Cytidia salicinascarlet splashfruitbody Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowlivebranch fruitbody parasitises live branch
bud and bud-peduncle (live) live bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva Major Euura mucronata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura mucronata/Euura mucronataa sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowlivebud and bud-peduncleMajor larva causes gall of live bud and bud-peduncle
catkin? catkin? may contain larva UK/Ireland Dorytomus salicinus a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicinus/Dorytomus salicinusa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowcatkin? larva feeds within catkin?
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/Ireland Dorytomus majalis a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus majalis/Dorytomus majalisa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowcatkin larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/Ireland Dorytomus melanophthalmus a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus melanophthalmus/Dorytomus melanophthalmusa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowcatkin larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Dorytomus rufatus a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus rufatus/Dorytomus rufatusa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowcatkinMajor larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/Ireland Dorytomus taeniatus Common Sallow Catkin Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus taeniatus/Dorytomus taeniatuscommon sallow catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowcatkin larva feeds within catkin
leaf (petiole base) leaf (petiole base) is galled by larva Euura venusta a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura venusta/Euura venustaa sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf (petiole base) larva causes gall of leaf (petiole base)
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is galled by larva Major Euura pedunculi a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura pedunculi/Euura pedunculia sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf (underside)Major larva causes gall of leaf (underside)
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Euura leucapsis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura leucapsis/Euura leucapsisa sawflylarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf edge larva rolls leaf edge
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Euura leucosticta a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura leucosticta/Euura leucostictaa sawflylarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf edge larva rolls leaf edge
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus 10-spotted Pot Beetle, Ten-spotted Pot Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus/Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus10-spotted pot beetle, ten-spotted pot beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf (5-8)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is rolled by larva Pamphilius gyllenhali Gyllenhaal’s Spinner Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pamphiliidae/Pamphilius gyllenhali/Pamphilius gyllenhaligyllenhaal's spinnerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf larva rolls leaf
leaf leaf is galled by larva Questionable Euura bridgmanii a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura bridgmanii/Euura bridgmaniia sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow?leaf larva causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Euura hedstroemi a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura hedstroemi/Euura hedstroemia sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura histrio a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura histrio/Euura histrioa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura jugicola a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura jugicola/Euura jugicolaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura leucolena a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura leucolena/Euura leucolenaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Euura longiserra a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura longiserra/Euura longiserraa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura semilactea a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura semilactea/Euura semilacteaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Euura stenogaster a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura stenogaster/Euura stenogastera sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura tunicata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura tunicata/Euura tunicataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Euura viduata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura viduata/Euura viduataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium Pyrenopeziza fuckelii a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza fuckelii/Pyrenopeziza fuckeliia discomyceteerumpent, becoming superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdead, fallenleaf (5-8)erumpent, becoming superficial apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf may have epiphytic stroma Rhytisma salicinum Willow Tar-spot Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma salicinum/Rhytisma salicinumwillow tar-spotstroma Plant / epiphyte /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdead, fallenleaf stroma grows on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf may have embedded in stroma apothecium Rhytisma salicinum Willow Tar-spot Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma salicinum/Rhytisma salicinumwillow tar-spotembedded in stromaapothecium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdead, fallenleaf embedded in stroma apothecium may be found on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, usually single, immersed, stromatic perithecium Linospora saligna a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Linospora saligna/Linospora salignaa pyrenomycetehypophyllous, usually single, immersed, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdead, fallenleaf (3-8)hypophyllous, usually single, immersed, stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by immersed, largely epiphyllous stroma Linospora saligna a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Linospora saligna/Linospora salignaa pyrenomyceteimmersed, largely epiphyllousstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdead, fallenleaf (3-8)immersed, largely epiphyllous stroma is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed or erumpent pseudothecium Venturia minuta an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Venturia minuta/Venturia minutaan ascomyceteimmersed or erumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdeadleaf (2-7)immersed or erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by solitary larva Major Iteomyia major a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Iteomyia major/Iteomyia majora gall midgesolitarylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleafMajor solitary larva causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by colony Chaitophorus salicti a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus salicti/Chaitophorus salictia hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by conidioma of Melasmia coelomycetous anamorph Rhytisma salicinum Willow Tar-spot Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma salicinum/Rhytisma salicinumwillow tar-spotconidiomaMelasmia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf conidioma of Melasmia coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subcuticular telium Melampsora caprearum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora caprearum/Melampsora caprearuma rust fungusepiphyllous, subcuticulartelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf epiphyllous, subcuticular telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Melampsora caprearum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora caprearum/Melampsora caprearuma rust fungushypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusmostly hypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (overwintered, fallen) overwintered, fallen leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecia Mycosphaerella punctiformis an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella punctiformis/Mycosphaerella punctiformisan ascomycetehypophyllous, immersedpseudothecia Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowoverwintered, fallenleaf (4-5)hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecia is saprobic on overwintered, fallen leaf
male catkin male catkin is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Foreign Egle minuta a willow catkin fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle minuta/Egle minutaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowmale catkin adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin
male catkin male catkin is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Foreign Egle parva a willow catkin fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle parva/Egle parvaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitorForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowmale catkin adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin
male catkin male catkin is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Egle rhinotmeta a willow catkin fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle rhinotmeta/Egle rhinotmetaa willow catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowmale catkin adult visits for nectar and/or pollen male catkin
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody Suillellus luridus Lurid Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Suillellus luridus/Suillellus luriduslurid boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Russula atrorubens a brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae 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/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula atrorubens/Russula atrorubensa brittlegillfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
twig twig is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, scarely erumpent, eventaully splitting bark ascocarp Pseudophacidium microspermum an ascomycete Rhytismatales: Ascodichaenaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Ascodichaenaceae/Pseudophacidium microspermum/Pseudophacidium microspermuman ascomycetescattered, subepidermal, scarely erumpent, eventaully splitting barkascocarp Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowtwig scattered, subepidermal, scarely erumpent, eventaully splitting bark ascocarp is saprobic on twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by subepidermal stroma Major Valsella salicis a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsella salicis/Valsella salicisa valsoid pyrenomycetesubepidermalstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willowdeadtwigMajor (12-2)subepidermal stroma is saprobic on dead twig

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Salix aurita (Eared Willow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Salix
(willows)
EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
PLANTAE
(plants)
Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)
Trees with bark of middle pH
(neutral-barked species, mesic-barked species)
Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)
Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)
Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous 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)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSalix aurita (Eared Willow)
GenusSalix (willows)
FamilySALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Salix aurita (Eared Willow)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Salix Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Salix aurita (Eared Willow) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Salix aurita (Eared Willow):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Salix aurita (Eared Willow)
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