Sherardia arvensis L.
(Field Madder)

Interactions where Sherardia arvensis 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 parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora sherardiae	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sherardiae/	Peronospora sherardiae	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live						sporangium parasitises live
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph			Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete	Dothideales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/	Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete		hypophyllous, grouped	pycnidium	Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder	?	fading	leaf				(7-10)	hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is parasitised by plurilocular, amphigenous stroma of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph			Placosphaeria stellatarum	a coelomycete	Dothideales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria stellatarum/	Placosphaeria stellatarum	a coelomycete		plurilocular, amphigenous	stroma	Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		fading	leaf					plurilocular, amphigenous stroma of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is parasitised by apothecium			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		fading	leaf				(4-10)	apothecium parasitises fading leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is parasitised by Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		fading	leaf				(4-10)	Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (live, old, over-wintered)		live, old, over-wintered leaf is parasitised by uredium			Pucciniastrum guttatum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum guttatum/	Pucciniastrum guttatum	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live, old, over-wintered	leaf					uredium parasitises live, old, over-wintered leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph			Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete	Dothideales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/	Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete		hypophyllous, grouped	pycnidium	Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder	?	live	leaf				(7-10)	hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by apothecium			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live	leaf				(4-10)	apothecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live	leaf				(4-10)	Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (livelive, old, over-wintered)		livelive, old, over-wintered leaf is spotted by telium			Pucciniastrum guttatum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum guttatum/	Pucciniastrum guttatum	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		livelive, old, over-wintered	leaf					telium causes spots on livelive, old, over-wintered leaf
stem		stem is parasitised by grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph			Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete	Dothideales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/	Placosphaeria punctiformis	a coelomycete		grouped	pycnidium	Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder	?		stem				(7-10)	grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises stem
stem (fading)		fading stem is parasitised by apothecium			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		fading	stem				(4-10)	apothecium parasitises fading stem
stem (fading)		fading stem is parasitised by Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		fading	stem				(4-10)	Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by apothecium			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live	stem				(4-10)	apothecium parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila verrucosa/	Leptotrochila verrucosa	an ascomycete fungus				Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Sherardia arvensis/	Sherardia arvensis	field madder		live	stem				(4-10)	Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
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

Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

RUBIACEAE
(madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder)
Family	RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
Order	GENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sherardia arvensis is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Rubiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder)

Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

RUBIACEAE
(madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sherardia arvensis (Field Madder):

RUBIACEAE
(madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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