Verbascum nigrum L.
(Dark Mullein)

Interactions where Verbascum nigrum 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
may shelter hibernating Tingis reticulata Bugle Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulatabugle lacebug Plant / hibernates / under /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mullein overwinters under
is foodplant of pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma verbascicola a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma verbascicola/Phoma verbascicolaa coelomycetepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mullein pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Leveillula verbasci Mullein Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula verbasci/Leveillula verbascimullein mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinlive (10-11)conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Leveillula verbasci Mullein Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula verbasci/Leveillula verbascimullein mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinlive (10-11)cleistothecium parasitises live
inflorescence inflorescence is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMajor Cionus nigritarsis a mullein 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/Cionus nigritarsis/Cionus nigritarsisa mullein weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleininflorescenceMajor larva grazes on inflorescence
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo scrophulariae a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo scrophulariae/Tenthredo scrophulariaea sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live or fading) live or fading leaf has leaves shot holed by effuse, amphigenous colony of Thedgonia anamorph UK/Ireland Thedgonia bellocensis an anamorphic fungus Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Thedgonia bellocensis/Thedgonia bellocensisan anamorphic funguseffuse, amphigenouscolonyThedgonia anamorph Foodplant / shot hole causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinlive or fadingleaf (10)effuse, amphigenous colony of Thedgonia anamorph causes shot holes on live or fading leaf
leaf (live or fading) live or fading leaf is spotted by effuse, amphigenous colony of Thedgonia anamorph UK/Ireland Thedgonia bellocensis an anamorphic fungus Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Thedgonia bellocensis/Thedgonia bellocensisan anamorphic funguseffuse, amphigenouscolonyThedgonia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinlive or fadingleaf (10)effuse, amphigenous colony of Thedgonia anamorph causes spots on live or fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Mycosphaerella mariae an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella mariae/Mycosphaerella mariaean ascomycetemostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (pale yellow) pale yellow shoot may be infected and damaged by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora verbasci a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/Peronospora verbascia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/Verbascum nigrumdark mulleinpale yellowshoot sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1961Peronospora sordidaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVerbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein)
GenusVerbascum (mulleins)
FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts and mulleins)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein)

Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein):

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