Affected Part |
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Summary |
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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) |
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live may have adult |
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Odontothrips ignobilis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/ | Odontothrips ignobilis | a thrips | | | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | live | | | |
| (5-9) | adult may be found on live |
anther (deformed) |
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deformed anther may be infected and damaged by conidial anamorph |
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Thecaphora deformans |
a seed smut fungus |
Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae |
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/ | Thecaphora deformans | a seed smut fungus | | | | conidial anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | deformed | anther | | |
| | conidial anamorph infects and damages deformed anther |
branchlet (dead) |
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dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium |
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Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii |
a fly speck fungus |
Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/ | Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii | a fly speck fungus | | | | thyriothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | dead | branchlet | | |
| (1-3) | thyriothecium is saprobic on dead branchlet |
flower (live) |
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live flower may have larva |
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Odontothrips ignobilis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/ | Odontothrips ignobilis | a thrips | | | | larva |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | live | flower | | |
| (9) | larva may be found on live flower |
leaf |
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leaf is grazed by larva |
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Hypera venusta |
a 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
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/ | Hypera venusta | a weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | | leaf | | |
| | larva grazes on leaf |
leaf (dead) |
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dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium |
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Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii |
a fly speck fungus |
Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/ | Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii | a fly speck fungus | | | | thyriothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | dead | leaf | | |
| (1-3) | thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
pod (deformed) |
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deformed pod may be infected and damaged by sorus |
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Thecaphora deformans |
a seed smut fungus |
Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/ | Thecaphora deformans | a seed smut fungus | | | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | deformed | pod | | |
| (7-9) | sorus infects and damages deformed pod |
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled) |
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shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus |
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Thecaphora deformans |
a seed smut fungus |
Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae |
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 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/ | Thecaphora deformans | a seed smut fungus | | | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | shrivelled, spore ball-filled | seed | | |
| (7-9) | sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed |
stem |
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stem is galled by larva |
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Stenopterapion scutellare |
a seed weevil |
Coleoptera: Apionidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion scutellare/ | Stenopterapion scutellare | a seed weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | | stem | | Major |
| | larva causes gall of stem |
stem (webbed, live) |
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webbed, live stem has sap sucked by gregarious adult |
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Tetranychus lintearius |
Gorse Mite |
Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae |
Gorse Mites and their Predators, Kirby, M., 2005
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus lintearius/ | Tetranychus lintearius | gorse mite | | gregarious | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/ | Ulex minor | dwarf gorse | | webbed, live | stem | | Major |
| (-8) | gregarious adult sucks sap of webbed, live stem |