Ulex gallii Planch.
(Western Gorse)

Interactions where Ulex gallii 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
branchlet (dead) dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii 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 cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-galliia fly speck fungusthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex gallii/Ulex galliiwestern gorsedeadbranchlet (1-3)thyriothecium is saprobic on dead branchlet
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii 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 cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-galliia fly speck fungusthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex gallii/Ulex galliiwestern gorsedeadleaf (1-3)thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
spine spine is foodplant of erumpent pycnidium of Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Coniothyrium sphaerospermum a coelomycete Pleosporales: Coniothyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Coniothyriaceae/Coniothyrium sphaerospermum/Coniothyrium sphaerospermuma coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumConiothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex gallii/Ulex galliiwestern gorsespine (6-11)erumpent pycnidium of Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph feeds on spine
stem stem is galled by larva Questionable Stenopterapion scutellare a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion scutellare/Stenopterapion scutellarea seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex gallii/Ulex galliiwestern gorse?stem larva causes gall of stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Ulex gallii (Western Gorse) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUlex gallii (Western Gorse)
GenusUlex (gorses)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Ulex gallii (Western Gorse)

Ulex gallii (Western Gorse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ulex gallii (Western Gorse):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Ulex gallii (Western Gorse)

Ulex gallii and Ulex europaeus are morphologically very similar. The simplest way to distinguish them is by the flowering times: U. gallii flowers late summer and autumn (7-9) whereas U. europaeus flowers winter and spring (3-6) and may even be out by Christmas.

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