Aster L.
(Michaelmas daisies)

Interactions where Aster 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
(live)		live is foodplant of			Phytonemus pallidus	Cyclamen Mite	Trombidiformes: Tarsonemidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Phytonemus pallidus/	Phytonemus pallidus	cyclamen mite					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		live			Major			feeds on live
leaf-mine		leaf-mine may house puparium			Calycomyza humeralis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Calycomyza humeralis/	Calycomyza humeralis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf-mine					puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Calycomyza humeralis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Calycomyza humeralis/	Calycomyza humeralis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza eupatorii	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza eupatorii/	Liriomyza eupatorii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf		Minor			larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza pusilla	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza pusilla/	Liriomyza pusilla	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf		Minor			larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza strigata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/	Liriomyza strigata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Nemorimyza posticata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Nemorimyza posticata/	Nemorimyza posticata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Ophiomyia maura	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia maura/	Ophiomyia maura	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf may house puparium			Ophiomyia maura	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia maura/	Ophiomyia maura	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					puparium may be found in leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Cornutrypeta spinifrons	Rhinoceros Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Cornutrypeta spinifrons/	Cornutrypeta spinifrons	rhinoceros fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta zoe	Hemp Agrimony Leafminer	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/	Trypeta zoe	hemp agrimony leafminer				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (limp, discoloured)		limp, discoloured leaf may be infected and damaged by			Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi	Chrysanthemum Eelworm, Leaf and Bud Eelworm	Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Aphelenchida/Aphelenchoididae/Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi/	Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi	chrysanthemum eelworm, leaf and bud eelworm					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		limp, discoloured	leaf					infects and damages limp, discoloured leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by Cercosporella anamorph			Cercosporella virgaureae	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercosporella virgaureae/	Cercosporella virgaureae	an anamorphic fungus				Cercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		live	leaf					Cercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph			Alternaria zinniae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Alternaria zinniae, David, J.C., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria zinniae/	Alternaria zinniae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		live	leaf					effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may be infected and damaged by Phialophora anamorph			Phialophora asteris	an anamorphic fungus	Chaetothyriales: Herpotrichiellaceae	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/Eurotiomycetes/Chaetothyriales/Herpotrichiellaceae/Phialophora asteris/	Phialophora asteris	an anamorphic fungus				Phialophora anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		live	leaf					Phialophora anamorph infects and damages live leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis achilleae var asteris	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis achilleae var. asteris/	Phomopsis achilleae var. asteris	a coelomycete		loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		dead	stem					loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph			Alternaria zinniae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Alternaria zinniae, David, J.C., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria zinniae/	Alternaria zinniae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aster/	Aster	Michaelmas daisies		live	stem					effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
David, J.C., 1991	Alternaria zinniae	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1077.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Aster (Michaelmas daisies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Aster corymbosus a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster grandiflorus a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster laevis Glaucous Michaelmas-daisy				Species		2 trophisms
Aster linosyris Goldilocks Aster				Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Aster novae-angliae Hairy Michaelmas-daisy				Species		3 trophisms
Aster novi-belgii Confused Michaelmas-daisy				Species		3 trophisms
Aster pilosus Frost Aster				Species		2 trophisms
Aster prealtus a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster ptarmicoides a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		2 trophisms
Aster puniceus Red-stalk Aster				Species		2 trophisms
Aster simplex a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		2 trophisms
Aster tanacetifolius a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster tardiflorus a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster tradescantii a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms
Aster tripolium Sea-aster, Sea Aster				Species		27 trophisms
Aster turbinellus a garden Michaelmas-daisy				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Aster (Michaelmas daisies)
Tribe	Astereae (a tribe of composites)
Subfamily	ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aster is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aster (Michaelmas daisies)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Rand, M.	2009	Hampshire Flora Group: Asteraceae workshop.	http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Aster (Michaelmas daisies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aster (Michaelmas daisies):

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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