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 |
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is associate of |
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Poecilium alni |
White-banded Longhorn Beetle |
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Poecilium alni/ | Poecilium alni | white-banded longhorn beetle | | | | |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | is associated with |
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is associate of |
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Agelastica alni |
Alder Leaf Beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Agelastica alni/ | Agelastica alni | alder leaf beetle | | | | |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | is associated with |
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is foodplant of larva |
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Luperus flavipes |
a leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus flavipes/ | Luperus flavipes | a leaf beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
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is foodplant of larva |
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Luperus longicornis |
a leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus longicornis/ | Luperus longicornis | a leaf beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
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is foodplant of larva |
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Plagiosterna aenea |
a leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plagiosterna aenea/ | Plagiosterna aenea | a leaf beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | Sole |
| | larva feeds on |
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is foodplant of imago |
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Plagiosterna aenea |
a leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plagiosterna aenea/ | Plagiosterna aenea | a leaf beetle | | | | imago |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | imago feeds on |
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is foodplant of larva |
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Orchestes testaceus |
Jumping Weevil |
Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Orchestes testaceus/ | Orchestes testaceus | jumping weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
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is associate of |
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Abdera flexuosa |
a false darkling beetle |
Coleoptera: Melandryidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Melandryidae/Abdera flexuosa/ | Abdera flexuosa | a false darkling beetle | | | | |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | is associated with |
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is associate of |
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Calambus bipustulatus |
a click beetle |
Coleoptera: Elateridae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Elateridae/Calambus bipustulatus/ | Calambus bipustulatus | a click beetle | | | | |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | is associated with |
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is associate of |
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Blepharidopterus angulatus |
Black-kneed Apple Capsid |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Blepharidopterus angulatus/ | Blepharidopterus angulatus | black-kneed apple capsid | | | | |
Plant / associate | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | is associated with |
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is associate of |
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Orthotylus flavinervis |
a plantbug or grassbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervis/ | Orthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervis | a plantbug or grassbug | | | | |
Plant / associate | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | Major |
| | is associated with |
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is foodplant of |
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Orthotylus marginalis |
Dark Green Apple Capsid |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) marginalis/ | Orthotylus (Orthotylus) marginalis | dark green apple capsid | | | | |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | feeds on |
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has sap sucked by adult |
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Compsidolon salicellum |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum/ | Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum | a plantbug | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| (7-10) | adult sucks sap of |
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has sap sucked by adult |
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Psallus ambiguus |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/ | Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus | a plantbug | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| (5)6-7(8) | adult sucks sap of |
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has sap sucked by nymph |
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Psallus ambiguus |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/ | Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus | a plantbug | | | | nymph |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| (5) | nymph sucks sap of |
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is foodplant of imago |
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Psallus salicis |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/ | Psallus (Psallus) salicis | a plantbug | | | | imago |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| (7)8(9) | imago feeds on |
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has sap sucked by nymph |
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Psallus salicis |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/ | Psallus (Psallus) salicis | a plantbug | | | | nymph |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | nymph sucks sap of |
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has sap sucked by adult |
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Psallus salicis |
a plantbug |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/ | Psallus (Psallus) salicis | a plantbug | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| (late 7-9) | adult sucks sap of |
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has sap sucked by |
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Gonocerus acuteangulatus |
Box Bug |
Hemiptera: Coreidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/ | Gonocerus acuteangulatus | box bug | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | sucks sap of |
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has sap sucked by |
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Pentatoma rufipes |
Forest Bug, Red-legged Shield Bug |
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Pentatoma rufipes/ | Pentatoma rufipes | forest bug, red-legged shield bug | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | Minor |
| | sucks sap of |
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may be infected and damaged by |
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Phytophthora pseudosyringae |
a blight |
Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae |
Phytophthora pseudosyringae sp. nov., a new species causing root and collar rot of deciduous tree species in Europe, Jung T. et al, 2003
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/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora pseudosyringae/ | Phytophthora pseudosyringae | a blight | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | infects and damages |
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is parasitised by |
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Mycosphaerella conglomerata |
an ascomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella conglomerata/ | Mycosphaerella conglomerata | an ascomycete | | | | |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | parasitises |
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is parasitised by |
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Erysiphe penicillata |
a powdery mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe penicillata/ | Erysiphe penicillata | a powdery mildew | | | | |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | parasitises |
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may be infected and damaged by |
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Armillaria |
honey fungi |
Agaricales: Physalacriaceae |
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/ | Armillaria | honey fungi | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | infects and damages |
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is associate of fruitbody |
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Hypholoma myosotis |
Olive Brownie |
Agaricales: Strophariaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Hypholoma myosotis/ | Hypholoma myosotis | olive brownie | | | | fruitbody |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | | | |
| | fruitbody is associated with |
(fallen, blackened and sclerotified) |
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fallen, blackened and sclerotified female cone may be infected and damaged by 1-2+ apothecium |
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Ciboria alni |
Cup Fungus |
Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae |
New British Records 134: Ciboria alni (Rostr.) Buchw. in Freesia 3: 235 (1947), Anderson, R., 1996
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria alni/ | Ciboria alni | cup fungus | | 1-2+ | | apothecium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | fallen, blackened and sclerotified | | female cone | |
| (2-3) | 1-2+ apothecium infects and damages fallen, blackened and sclerotified female cone |
(live) |
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live may have female |
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Thrips alni |
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/Thrips alni/ | Thrips alni | a thrips | | | | female |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | | | |
| (8) | female may be found on live |
(psyllid-infested) |
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psyllid-infested is associate of larva |
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Meliscaeva auricollis |
a hoverfly |
Diptera: Syrphidae |
Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Meliscaeva auricollis/ | Meliscaeva auricollis | a hoverfly | | | | larva |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | psyllid-infested | | | |
| | larva is associated with psyllid-infested |
bark |
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bark may have epiphytic colony |
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Trentepohlia abietina |
a green alga |
Trentepohliales: Trentepohliaceae |
The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002
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/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/ | Trentepohlia abietina | a green alga | | | | colony |
Plant / epiphyte | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | bark | | |
| | colony grows on bark |
bark (dead, fungus-killed) |
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dead, fungus-killed bark is decayed by perithecium |
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Valsalnicola oxystoma |
an ascomycete fungus |
Diaporthales: Melanconidaceae |
Path News Issue 11: July 2005, Forest Research, 2005
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Melanconidaceae/Valsalnicola oxystoma/ | Valsalnicola oxystoma | an ascomycete fungus | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, fungus-killed | bark | | |
| | perithecium is saprobic on dead, fungus-killed bark |
bark (dead) |
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dead bark is decayed by stroma |
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Hypocrea alni |
a stromatic pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae |
Three European species of Hypocrea with reddish brown stromata and green ascospores, Jaklitsch, W.M., Kubicek, C.P. & Druzhinina, I.S., 2008
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea alni/ | Hypocrea alni | a stromatic pyrenomycete | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead | bark | | Major |
| | stroma is saprobic on dead bark |
branch (dead, dry) |
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dead, dry branch is decayed by subepidermal stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph |
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Cytospora occulta |
a stromatic coelomycete |
Diaporthales: Valsaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora occulta/ | Cytospora occulta | a stromatic coelomycete | | subepidermal | stroma | Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, dry | branch | | |
| (3-4) | subepidermal stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry branch |
bud (vegetative) |
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bud (vegetative) may contain larva |
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Temnocerus nanus |
a leafroller weevil |
Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae |
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Temnocerus nanus/ | Temnocerus nanus | a leafroller weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / internal feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | bud (vegetative) | | |
| | larva feeds within bud (vegetative) |
cambium |
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cambium may contain larva |
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Dryocoetes alni |
a bark or ambrosia beetle |
Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dryocoetes alni/ | Dryocoetes alni | a bark or ambrosia beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / internal feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | cambium | | |
| | larva feeds within cambium |
cambium |
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cambium may contain larva |
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Ernoporicus fagi |
a bark or ambrosia beetle |
Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ernoporicus fagi/ | Ernoporicus fagi | a bark or ambrosia beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / internal feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | cambium | | Minor |
| | larva feeds within cambium |
catkin scale (female) (live) |
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live catkin scale (female) is galled by ascoma |
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Taphrina alni |
Alder Tongue |
Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae |
The recent article on fungus-induced galls…, Anderson, R., 2001
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina alni/ | Taphrina alni | alder tongue | | | | ascoma |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | catkin scale (female) | | Major |
| | ascoma causes gall of live catkin scale (female) |
catkin (live) |
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live catkin has sap sucked by adult |
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Kleidocerys resedae |
Birch Catkin Bug |
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Kleidocerys resedae/ | Kleidocerys resedae | birch catkin bug | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | catkin | | Major |
| | adult sucks sap of live catkin |
catkin (live) |
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live catkin has sap sucked by nymph |
|
|
Kleidocerys resedae |
Birch Catkin Bug |
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Kleidocerys resedae/ | Kleidocerys resedae | birch catkin bug | | | | nymph |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | catkin | | Major |
| | nymph sucks sap of live catkin |
cone (dead, fallen, decaying) |
|
dead, fallen, decaying cone of debris is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Mycena rhenana |
Gall Bonnet |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena rhenana/ | Mycena rhenana | gall bonnet | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, fallen, decaying | cone | debris | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying cone of debris |
leaf |
|
leaf is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Cryptocephalus coryli |
Hazel Pot Beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus coryli/ | Cryptocephalus coryli | hazel pot beetle | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | (early 4-)5-6(-12)(early 4-)5-6(-12) | adult feeds on leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Anoplus roboris |
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
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anoplus roboris/ | Anoplus roboris | a weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | larva mines leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is rolled by larva |
|
|
Deporaus betulae |
Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller |
Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/ | Deporaus betulae | birch leaf-roller, birch leaf roller | | | | larva |
Foodplant / roller | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | |
| | larva rolls leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is grazed by larva |
|
|
Monsoma pulveratum |
a sawfly |
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Monsoma pulveratum/ | Monsoma pulveratum | a sawfly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | |
| | larva grazes on leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is grazed by larva |
|
|
Eriocampa ovata |
a sawfly |
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Eriocampa ovata/ | Eriocampa ovata | a sawfly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | |
| | larva grazes on leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is grazed by larva |
|
|
Euura glutinosae |
a sawfly |
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura glutinosae/ | Euura glutinosae | a sawfly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | larva grazes on leaf |
leaf |
|
leaf is grazed by larva |
|
|
Euura pavida |
a sawfly |
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura pavida/ | Euura pavida | a sawfly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | leaf | | |
| | larva grazes on leaf |
leaf (dead, fallen, decaying) |
|
dead, fallen, decaying leaf of debris is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Mycena rhenana |
Gall Bonnet |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena rhenana/ | Mycena rhenana | gall bonnet | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, fallen, decaying | leaf | debris | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying leaf of debris |
leaf (dead, rotting) |
|
dead, rotting leaf is decayed by |
|
|
Cryptococcus aquaticus |
a basidiomycete yeast |
Tremellales: Tremellaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Cryptococcus aquaticus/ | Cryptococcus aquaticus | a basidiomycete yeast | | | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, rotting | leaf | | |
| | is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf |
leaf (enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved) |
|
enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved leaf of esp. sucker shoots is galled by amphigenous ascoma |
|
|
Taphrina tosquinetii |
Alder Wrinkle |
Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/ | Taphrina tosquinetii | alder wrinkle | | amphigenous | | ascoma |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved | leaf | esp. sucker shoots | |
| (6-9) | amphigenous ascoma causes gall of enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved leaf of esp. sucker shoots |
leaf (fallen) |
|
fallen leaf is grazed by mobile cased larva |
|
|
Cryptocephalus coryli |
Hazel Pot Beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus coryli/ | Cryptocephalus coryli | hazel pot beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / mobile cased feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | fallen | leaf | | |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | larva grazes in mobile case on fallen leaf |
leaf (live, curled) |
|
live, curled leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous ascoma |
|
|
Taphrina sadebeckii |
a tongue fungus |
Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina sadebeckii/ | Taphrina sadebeckii | a tongue fungus | | hypophyllous | | ascoma |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live, curled | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous ascoma parasitises live, curled leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is grazed by web-dwelling communal caterpillar |
|
|
Malacosoma neustria |
The Lackey |
Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lasiocampidae/Malacosoma neustria/ | Malacosoma neustria | the lackey | | communal | | caterpillar |
Foodplant / web feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| | communal caterpillar feeds from web on live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, effuse colony of Passalora dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Passalora bacilligera |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Passalora bacilligera/ | Passalora bacilligera | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | hypophyllous, effuse | colony | Passalora dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | Sole |
| | hypophyllous, effuse colony of Passalora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ramularia alnicola var alnicola |
an anamorphic ascomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia alnicola var. alnicola/ | Ramularia alnicola var. alnicola | an anamorphic ascomycete | | amphigenous | colony | Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, scattered, semi-immersed, minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Septoria alnicola |
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 alnicola/ | Septoria alnicola | a leaf-spot fungus | | epiphyllous, scattered, semi-immersed, minute, black | pycnidium | Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| (10) | epiphyllous, scattered, semi-immersed, minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous |
|
|
Phyllactinia alnicola |
Alder Mildew, Alder Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
The Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales) of Wales: An Identification Guide and Census Catalogue, Chater, A.O. & Woods, R.G., 2019
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Phyllactinia alnicola/ | Phyllactinia alnicola | alder mildew, alder powdery mildew | | hypophyllous | | |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous parasitises live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium |
|
|
Melampsoridium betulinum |
Birch Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
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/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium betulinum/ | Melampsoridium betulinum | birch rust | | hypophyllous, subepidermal | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | Xenophagous |
| | hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium |
|
|
Melampsoridium betulinum |
Birch Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
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/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium betulinum/ | Melampsoridium betulinum | birch rust | | hypophyllous | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | Xenophagous |
| (8-10) | hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium |
|
|
Melampsoridium hiratsukanum |
Alder Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
Differentiating characteristics between Melampsoridium rusts infecting birch and alder leaves, Kurkela, T., Hanso, M & Hantula, J., 1999 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium hiratsukanum/ | Melampsoridium hiratsukanum | alder rust | | hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium parasitises live leaf |
leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups uredium |
|
|
Melampsoridium hiratsukanum |
Alder Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
First record of Melampsoridium hiratsukanum on alder in Norway, Gjaerum, H.B., Lye, K.A. & Solheim, H., 2004 Differentiating characteristics between Melampsoridium rusts infecting birch and alder leaves, Kurkela, T., Hanso, M & Hantula, J., 1999 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 First report of Melampsoridium hiratsukanum on common alder in Hungary, Szabó, I., 2002 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium hiratsukanum/ | Melampsoridium hiratsukanum | alder rust | | hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups | | uredium |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups uredium causes spots on live leaf |
leaf (small, yellow, prematurely falling) |
|
small, yellow, prematurely falling leaf may be infected and damaged by |
|
|
Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004 |
Alder Blight |
Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae |
Phytophthora Disease of Alder, Webber, J., Gibbs, J. & Hendry, S., 2004
|
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004/ | Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004 | alder blight | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | small, yellow, prematurely falling | leaf | | Major |
| | infects and damages small, yellow, prematurely falling leaf |
root (live) |
|
live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody |
|
|
Gyrodon lividus |
Alder Bolete |
Boletales: Paxillaceae |
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Gyrodon lividus/ | Gyrodon lividus | alder bolete | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | root | | |
| | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root |
root (live) |
|
live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody |
|
|
Paxillus rubicundulus |
Alder Rollrim |
Boletales: Paxillaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Paxillaceae/Paxillus rubicundulus/ | Paxillus rubicundulus | alder rollrim | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | root | | |
| | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root |
root (live) |
|
live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody |
|
|
Lactarius lilacinus |
Lilac Milkcap |
Russulales: Russulaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius lilacinus/ | Lactarius lilacinus | lilac milkcap | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza | Relationship uncertain | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | root | | Sole |
| | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root |
shoot (young) (live, distorted) |
|
live, distorted shoot (young) of esp. sucker shoots is galled by amphigenous ascoma |
|
|
Taphrina tosquinetii |
Alder Wrinkle |
Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/ | Taphrina tosquinetii | alder wrinkle | | amphigenous | | ascoma |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live, distorted | shoot (young) | esp. sucker shoots | Major |
| (6-9) | amphigenous ascoma causes gall of live, distorted shoot (young) of esp. sucker shoots |
stem (live) |
|
live stem has sap sucked by |
|
|
Pulvinaria vitis |
Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect |
Hemiptera: Coccidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/ | Pulvinaria vitis | woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | stem | | |
| (5-6) | sucks sap of live stem |
stem (live) |
|
live stem has sap sucked by |
|
|
Chionaspis salicis |
Willow Scale |
Hemiptera: Diaspididae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/ | Chionaspis salicis | willow scale | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | stem | | |
| | sucks sap of live stem |
trunk |
|
trunk is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Mensularia radiata |
Alder Bracket |
Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Mensularia radiata/ | Mensularia radiata | alder bracket | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | trunk | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on trunk |
trunk (fallen) |
|
fallen trunk is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Ceraceomyces borealis |
a resupinate fungus |
Amylocorticiales: Amylocorticiaceae |
Profiles of Fungi No. 139: Ceraceomyces borealis (Romell) J. Erikss. & Ryvarden …, Legon, N.W., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Amylocorticiales/Amylocorticiaceae/Ceraceomyces borealis/ | Ceraceomyces borealis | a resupinate fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | fallen | trunk | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on fallen trunk |
trunk (live) |
|
live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody |
|
|
Phellinus alni |
(A Bracket Fungus) |
Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae |
Phellinus igniarius and its closest relatives in Europe, Fischer, M., 1995
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Phellinus alni/ | Phellinus alni | (a bracket fungus) | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / parasite | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live | trunk | | |
| | fruitbody parasitises live trunk |
trunk (tarry spotted) |
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tarry spotted trunk may be infected and damaged by |
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Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004 |
Alder Blight |
Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae |
Phytophthora Disease of Alder, Webber, J., Gibbs, J. & Hendry, S., 2004
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/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004/ | Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004 | alder blight | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | tarry spotted | trunk | | Major |
| | infects and damages tarry spotted trunk |
twig (1-2 years old) |
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twig (1-2 years old) is galled by egg |
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Blepharidopterus angulatus |
Black-kneed Apple Capsid |
Hemiptera: Miridae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Blepharidopterus angulatus/ | Blepharidopterus angulatus | black-kneed apple capsid | | | | egg |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | twig (1-2 years old) | | |
| | egg causes gall of twig (1-2 years old) |
twig (corticate (thin)) |
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corticate (thin) twig is decayed by stroma |
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Hypocrea alni |
a stromatic pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae |
Three European species of Hypocrea with reddish brown stromata and green ascospores, Jaklitsch, W.M., Kubicek, C.P. & Druzhinina, I.S., 2008
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea alni/ | Hypocrea alni | a stromatic pyrenomycete | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | corticate (thin) | twig | | Major |
| | stroma is saprobic on corticate (thin) twig |
twig (dead, dry) |
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dead, dry twig is decayed by scattered or gregarious, erumpent through a short slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph |
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Diaporthe alnea |
a valsoid pyrenomycete |
Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe alnea/ | Diaporthe alnea | a valsoid pyrenomycete | | scattered or gregarious, erumpent through a short slit | pycnidium | Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, dry | twig | | |
| (5-6) | scattered or gregarious, erumpent through a short slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry twig |
twig (dead, fallen, decaying) |
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dead, fallen, decaying twig of debris is decayed by fruitbody |
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Mycena rhenana |
Gall Bonnet |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena rhenana/ | Mycena rhenana | gall bonnet | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead, fallen, decaying | twig | debris | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decaying twig of debris |
twig (live, with white wax tufts) |
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live, with white wax tufts twig has sap sucked by nymph |
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Psylla alni s.l. |
alder psyllid |
Hemiptera: Psyllidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Psylla alni s.l./ | Psylla alni s.l. | alder psyllid | | | | nymph |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | live, with white wax tufts | twig | | |
| (late 5-) | nymph sucks sap of live, with white wax tufts twig |
wood |
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wood is decayed by superficial stroma |
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Daldinia petriniae |
Alder Cramp-ball |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia petriniae/ | Daldinia petriniae | alder cramp-ball | | superficial | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | | wood | | Major |
| | superficial stroma is saprobic on wood |
wood (dead) |
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dead wood is decayed by stroma |
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Hypocrea alni |
a stromatic pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae |
Three European species of Hypocrea with reddish brown stromata and green ascospores, Jaklitsch, W.M., Kubicek, C.P. & Druzhinina, I.S., 2008
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypocrea alni/ | Hypocrea alni | a stromatic pyrenomycete | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | dead | wood | | Major |
| | stroma is saprobic on dead wood |
wood (sodden, decaying) |
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sodden, decaying wood is decayed by superficial, granular Aegerita anamorph |
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Bulbillomyces farinosus |
Couscous Crust |
Polyporales: Meruliaceae |
Profiles of Fungi No. 140: Bulbillomyces farinosus (Bres.) Julich, Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bulbillomyces farinosus/ | Bulbillomyces farinosus | couscous crust | | superficial, granular | | Aegerita anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | sodden, decaying | wood | | |
| | superficial, granular Aegerita anamorph is saprobic on sodden, decaying wood |
wood (sodden, decaying) |
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sodden, decaying wood is decayed by effused fruitbody |
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Bulbillomyces farinosus |
Couscous Crust |
Polyporales: Meruliaceae |
Profiles of Fungi No. 140: Bulbillomyces farinosus (Bres.) Julich, Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bulbillomyces farinosus/ | Bulbillomyces farinosus | couscous crust | | effused | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/ | Alnus glutinosa | alder | | sodden, decaying | wood | | |
| | effused fruitbody is saprobic on sodden, decaying wood |