Viscum album L.
(Mistletoe)

Interactions where Viscum album is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage 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
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree Fabales: Fabaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/Robinia pseudoacaciafalse acacia, false-acacia, locust treebranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Fagales: Fagaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/Quercus roburpedunculate oakbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Fraxinus excelsior Ash Lamiales: Oleaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/Fraxinus excelsiorashbranch
haustorium causes gall of branch UK/IrelandMajor Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/PopuluspoplarsbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMajor Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/PopuluspoplarsbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Populus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensis hybrid black poplar, hybrid black-poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensis/Populus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensishybrid black poplar, hybrid black-poplarbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilishybrid crack-willowbranch
haustorium causes gall of branch UK/IrelandMajor Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/TilialimesbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMajor Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/TilialimesbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on live branch UK/IrelandMajor Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea lime Malvales: Malvaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea/Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaealimelivebranchMajor
haustorium causes gall of branch UK/IrelandMajor Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/CrataegushawthornsbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMajor Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/CrataegushawthornsbranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMajor Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthornbranchMajor
haustorium causes gall of branch UK/Ireland Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapplesbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMajor Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaapplebranchMajor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus sylvestris/Malus sylvestriscrab applebranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Prunus domestica Wild Plum Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica/Prunus domesticawild plumbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Pyrus communis s.l. pear Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./Pyrus communis s.l.pearbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Sorbus aucuparia Rowan, Mountain Ash Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/Sorbus aucupariarowan, mountain ashbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/IrelandMinor [Sorbus aria agg.] whitebeam, common whitebeam Rosales: Rosaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aria agg./Sorbus aria agg.whitebeam, common whitebeambranchMinor
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Acer campestre Field Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/Acer campestrefield maplebranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplebranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut, Horse-chestnut Sapindales: Sapindaceae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus hippocastanum/Aesculus hippocastanumhorse chestnut, horse-chestnutbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesbranch
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Rare PINOPSIDA conifers Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersbranchRare
haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Minor [Evergreen trees and shrubs] evergreens Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoehaustorium Foodplant / hemiparasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Evergreen trees and shrubs/Evergreen trees and shrubsevergreensbranchMinor

Interactions where Viscum album 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').

Filters:

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
is associate of UK/IrelandRestricted Gastrallus laevigatus a wood boring beetle Coleoptera: Ptinidae Beetles (in Wildlife Reports, Feb 2013), Wright, R., 2013
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ptinidae/Gastrallus laevigatus/Gastrallus laevigatusa wood boring beetle Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole is associated with
is pollinated or fertilised by adult Eudasyphora cyanella a green bottle Diptera: Muscidae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Eudasyphora cyanella/Eudasyphora cyanellaa green bottleadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoe adult pollinates or fertilises
is associate of UK/IrelandRestricted Anthocoris visci Mistletoe Flower Bug Hemiptera: Anthocoridae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Anthocoris visci/Anthocoris viscimistletoe flower bug Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole is associated with
has sap sucked by UK/IrelandQuestionableRestricted Pinalitus viscicola a capsid bug Hemiptera: Miridae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Pinalitus viscicola/Pinalitus viscicolaa capsid bug Foodplant / sap suckerRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole sucks sap of
has sap sucked by UK/IrelandRestricted Hypseloecus visci a mistletoe bug Hemiptera: Miridae Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to Britain, Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hypseloecus visci/Hypseloecus viscia mistletoe bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole sucks sap of
has sap sucked by UK/IrelandRestricted Cacopsylla visci Mistletoe Psyllid, Mistletoe Sucker Hemiptera: Psyllidae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla visci/Cacopsylla viscimistletoe psyllid, mistletoe sucker Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole sucks sap of
berry berry is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap Passeriformes: Sylviidae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sylviidae/Sylvia atricapilla/Sylvia atricapillablackcapadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeberry adult feeds on berry
berry berry is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush Passeriformes: Turdidae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus viscivorus/Turdus viscivorusmistle thrushadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeberry adult feeds on berry
berry (mummified) mummified berry is foodplant of gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Sphaeropsis visci a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis visci/Sphaeropsis viscia coelomycetegregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papillapycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoemummifiedberry gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on mummified berry
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/IrelandRestricted Ixapion variegatum Mistletoe Seed Weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Ixapion variegatum, (Wencker. 1864) (Col.. Apionidae) new to the British Isles, with observations on its European and conservation status, Foster, A.P., Morris, M.G. & Whitehead, P.F., 2001
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Ixapion variegatum/Ixapion variegatummistletoe seed weeviladult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeleafSole (9)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Celypha woodiana Mistletoe Marble Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey, Briggs, J., 1995
Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Celypha woodiana/Celypha woodianamistletoe marblelarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf (moribund) moribund leaf is foodplant of amphigenous, gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Sphaeropsis visci a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II … Sphaeropsidales (rest) + Melanconiales, Grove, W.B., 1937
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis visci/Sphaeropsis viscia coelomyceteamphigenous, gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papillapycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoemoribundleaf amphigenous, gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on moribund leaf
stem (small) (often spindle- or club-shaped) often spindle- or club-shaped stem (small) may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Ixapion variegatum Mistletoe Seed Weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
Ixapion variegatum, (Wencker. 1864) (Col.. Apionidae) new to the British Isles, with observations on its European and conservation status, Foster, A.P., Morris, M.G. & Whitehead, P.F., 2001
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Ixapion variegatum/Ixapion variegatummistletoe seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeoften spindle- or club-shapedstem (small)Sole larva feeds within often spindle- or club-shaped stem (small)
stem (small) (slitted) slitted stem (small) may house ovum UK/IrelandRestricted Ixapion variegatum Mistletoe Seed Weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Ixapion variegatum, (Wencker. 1864) (Col.. Apionidae) new to the British Isles, with observations on its European and conservation status, Foster, A.P., Morris, M.G. & Whitehead, P.F., 2001
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Ixapion variegatum/Ixapion variegatummistletoe seed weevilovum Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeslittedstem (small)Sole ovum may be found in slitted stem (small)
stem (moribund) moribund stem is foodplant of gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Sphaeropsis visci a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II … Sphaeropsidales (rest) + Melanconiales, Grove, W.B., 1937
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis visci/Sphaeropsis viscia coelomycetegregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papillapycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoemoribundstem gregarious, immersed, somewhat prominent, globose, black, c. 300µm diam., with obtuse conical papilla pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on moribund stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Briggs, J., 1995Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National SurveyBritish Wildlife Vol 7 No 2: 75-82.
Briggs, J., 2011Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associatesBritish Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Foster, A.P., Morris, M.G. & Whitehead, P.F., 2001Ixapion variegatum, (Wencker. 1864) (Col.. Apionidae) new to the British Isles, with observations on its European and conservation statusEnt. Mon. Mag. Vol 137: 95-104.
Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to BritainBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 159-162.
Grove, W.B., 1937British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. II … Sphaeropsidales (rest) + MelanconialesVol II, 407pp, Cambridge University Press
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stace, C., 1997New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Wright, R., 2013Beetles (in Wildlife Reports, Feb 2013)British Wildlife Vol 24 (3): 206-208.

Viscum album (Mistletoe) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesViscum album (Mistletoe)
FamilySANTALACEAE (sandalwoods and mistletoes)
OrderSANTALALES (sandalwoods and mistletoes)
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 Viscum album (Mistletoe)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Briggs, J. 2011 Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates British Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.

Viscum album (Mistletoe) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Briggs, J. 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey British Wildlife Vol 7 No 2: 75-82.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Viscum album (Mistletoe):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 40 images of Viscum album (Mistletoe)
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