Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
(Bladder Campion)

Interactions where Silene vulgaris 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 telium			Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia behenis/	Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia behenis/	Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live						uredium parasitises live
anther (live)		live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus			Microbotryum silenes-inflatae	Bladder Campion Anther Smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum silenes-inflatae/	Microbotryum silenes-inflatae	bladder campion anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	anther					embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
flower (swollen)		swollen flower is galled by sorus			Thecaphora saponariae		Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Sorosporium saponariae, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970 European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora saponariae/	Thecaphora saponariae				sorus		Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		swollen	flower					sorus causes gall of swollen flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Cassida hemisphaerica	a tortoise beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/	Cassida hemisphaerica	a tortoise beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by imago			Cassida hemisphaerica	a tortoise beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida hemisphaerica/	Cassida hemisphaerica	a tortoise beetle				imago	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion			leaf					imago grazes on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous acervulus of Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Diplosporonema delastrei	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Diplosporonema delastrei/	Diplosporonema delastrei	a coelomycete		amphigenous	acervulus	Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf				(7-10)	amphigenous acervulus of Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph			Pseudocercosporella woronovii	(A Leaf-spot Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella woronovii/	Pseudocercosporella woronovii	(a leaf-spot fungus)			colony	Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf					colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia didymarioides	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia didymarioides/	Ramularia didymarioides	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia silenicola	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia silenicola/	Ramularia silenicola	(an anamorphic fungus)		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf		Major			amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia silenicola	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia silenicola/	Ramularia silenicola	(an anamorphic fungus)		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf		Major			amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by crowded, mostly epiphyllous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria saponariae	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria saponariae/	Septoria saponariae	a leaf-spot fungus		crowded, mostly epiphyllous, fuscous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion	?	live	leaf					crowded, mostly epiphyllous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces behenis/	Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous aecium			Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces behenis/	Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	leaf					hypophyllous aecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (locally blackened)		locally blackened leaf is spotted by gregarious pseudothecium			Mycosphaerella silenis	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants, Dennis, R.W.G., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella silenis/	Mycosphaerella silenis	an ascomycete		gregarious		pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		locally blackened	leaf					gregarious pseudothecium causes spots on locally blackened leaf
sepal (locally blackened)		locally blackened sepal is spotted by gregarious pseudothecium			Mycosphaerella silenis	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants, Dennis, R.W.G., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella silenis/	Mycosphaerella silenis	an ascomycete		gregarious		pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		locally blackened	sepal					gregarious pseudothecium causes spots on locally blackened sepal
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by acervulus of Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph			Diplosporonema delastrei	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Diplosporonema delastrei/	Diplosporonema delastrei	a coelomycete			acervulus	Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	stem		Minor		(7-10)	acervulus of Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by telium			Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces behenis/	Uromyces behenis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene vulgaris/	Silene vulgaris	bladder campion		live	stem					telium parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1997	Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants	Kew Bulletin Vol 52 (2): 451-458.
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	Sorosporium saponariae	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 965.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Vánky, K., 1994	European Smut Fungi	570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion)
Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Silene vulgaris is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion)

Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Marsden-Jones, E.M. & Turrill, W.B.	1957	The Bladder Campions (Silene maritima and S. vulgaris)	Vol 139, The Ray Society, London
Valentine, D.H.		Geographical distribution and isolation in some British ecospecies	Dandy, J.E. The Watsonian vice-county system, 9pp, The Study of the Distribution of British Plants

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion):

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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