Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
(Creeping Thistle)

Interactions where Cirsium arvense is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may have adult Oulema obscura a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle (7-)adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Larinus carlinae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Lixus pulverulentus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Mordellistena acuticollis a tumbling flower beetle Coleoptera: Mordellidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Mordellidae/Mordellistena acuticollis/Mordellistena acuticollisa tumbling flower beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Terellia ruficauda Red-tailed Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia ruficauda/Terellia ruficaudared-tailed thistle flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Urophora stylata Spear-thistle Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle larva feeds on
is parasitised by Foreign Pustula spinulosa (A White Rust) Albuginales: Albuginaceae A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula spinulosa/Pustula spinulosa(a white rust) Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle parasitises
may be infected and damaged by telium Puccinia punctiformis Creeping Thistle Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusttelium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle telium infects and damages
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./Bremia lactucae s. lat.lettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe mayorii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe mayorii/Erysiphe mayoriia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlelive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/IrelandMajor Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveMajor parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Questionable Puccinia cnici a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust fungus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle?live parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Chaetostomella cylindrica a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Chaetostomella cylindrica/Chaetostomella cylindricaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Ensina sonchi Sow-thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/Ensina sonchisow-thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Tephritis cometa Rayed Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis cometa/Tephritis cometarayed thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlecapitulumSole larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandRare Terellia tussilaginis Banded Burdock Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia tussilaginis/Terellia tussilaginisbanded burdock flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlecapitulumRare larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Xyphosia miliaria Mottled Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Xyphosia miliaria/Xyphosia miliariamottled thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum (live) live capitulum may contain larva Foreign Acanthiophilus helianthi Knapweed Ghost Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acanthiophilus helianthi/Acanthiophilus helianthiknapweed ghostlarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlelivecapitulum larva feeds within live capitulum
green parts (not involucre) green parts (not involucre) has sap sucked by adult Tingis ampliata Creeping Thistle Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tingis) ampliata/Tingis (Tingis) ampliatacreeping thistle lacebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlegreen parts (not involucre) (early 5-late 7, mid 8-)adult sucks sap of green parts (not involucre)
green parts (not involucre) green parts (not involucre) has sap sucked by nymph Tingis ampliata Creeping Thistle Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tingis) ampliata/Tingis (Tingis) ampliatacreeping thistle lacebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlegreen parts (not involucre) (late 6-early 9)nymph sucks sap of green parts (not involucre)
leaf (upper surface) leaf (upper surface) is mined by larva Major Phytomyza cirsii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza cirsii/Phytomyza cirsiia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleaf (upper surface)Major larva mines leaf (upper surface)
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by hidden under carried excrement larva Major Lema cyanella a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Lema cyanella/Lema cyanellaa leaf beetlehidden under carried excrementlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlewindowedleaf (upper surface)Major hidden under carried excrement larva grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf (upper) (chlorotic) chlorotic leaf (upper) may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Pseudomonas syringae strain CT99B016C White Colour Disease Of Creeping Thistle - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae The Mystery of the “White” thistles (newsletter), Stringer, R.N. & Davies, R.H., 2009
A Canadian strain of Pseudomonas syringae causes white-colour disease of Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), Zhang, W., Sulz, M., Mykitiek, T., Li, X., Yanke, L., Kong, H.N., Buyer, J.S. & Lydon, J, 2004
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas syringae strain CT99B016C/Pseudomonas syringae strain CT99B016Cwhite colour disease of creeping thistle - causative organism Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlechloroticleaf (upper) infects and damages chlorotic leaf (upper)
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Major Chromatomyia autumnalis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia autumnalis/Chromatomyia autumnalisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleaf-mineMajor puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Major Lema cyanella a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Lema cyanella/Lema cyanellaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleafMajor (1-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Chromatomyia autumnalis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia autumnalis/Chromatomyia autumnalisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleafMajor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Major Phytomyza cirsii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza cirsii/Phytomyza cirsiia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleafMajor puparium may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of epiphyllous, scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta cirsii a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta cirsii/Phyllosticta cirsiia coelomyceteepiphyllous, scatteredpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleleaf (9)epiphyllous, scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/Phoma cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowsconidiomaPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadleaf sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous sorus Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustmostly hypophylloussorus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf mostly hypophyllous sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed oospore Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustimmersedoospore Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf immersed oospore parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
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/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braunan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by honey-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface pycnium Puccinia punctiformis Creeping Thistle Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusthoney-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surfacepycnium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (late 4)honey-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface pycnium infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium Puccinia punctiformis Creeping Thistle Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusturedinoid, hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (5)uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium infects and damages live leaf
live live of leaf may be infected and damaged by scattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface uredium Puccinia punctiformis Creeping Thistle Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rustscattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surfaceuredium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (7)scattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface uredium infects and damages live of leaf
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Major Orobanche reticulata Thistle Broomrape Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche reticulata/Orobanche reticulatathistle broomrapeundergroundtuber Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlerootMajor underground tuber parasitises root
stem (near base (dead, standing) dead, standing stem (near base is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza millepunctata a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyalopeziza millepunctata/Hyalopeziza millepunctataa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledead, standingstem (near base (4-11)apothecium is saprobic on dead, standing stem (near base
stem? stem? may contain larva Major Ceratapion carduorum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Ceratapion carduorum/Ceratapion carduoruma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlestem?Major larva feeds within stem?
stem stem may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Cleonis pigra Large Thistle Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleonis pigra/Cleonis pigralarge thistle weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlestemMajor larva feeds within stem
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare Phanerochaete calotricha a resupinate fungus Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae 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/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Phanerochaete calotricha/Phanerochaete calotrichaa resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledead, decayedstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem
stem (dead, locally bleached) dead, locally bleached stem is decayed by scattered, black, raising epidermis pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diplodina cirsii a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina cirsii/Diplodina cirsiia coelomycetescattered, black, raising epidermispycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledead, locally bleachedstem (5-6)scattered, black, raising epidermis pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, locally bleached stem
stem (dead, red stained (epidermis)) dead, red stained (epidermis) stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma rubella a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma rubella/Phoma rubellaa coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledead, red stained (epidermis)stem (4-5)immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, red stained (epidermis) stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria purpurea an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria purpurea/Leptosphaeria purpureaan ascomycetepartly immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (6-7)partly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Paraleptosphaeria macrospora an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Paraleptosphaeria macrospora/Paraleptosphaeria macrosporaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (4-6)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Kalmusia clivensis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Kalmusia clivensis/Kalmusia clivensisan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (5-6)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria cirsii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Nodulosphaeria cirsii/Nodulosphaeria cirsiian ascomycetescattered, immersed, neck erumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by numerous, scattered to gregarious, almost superficial, brown-black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Nodulosphaeria cirsii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae 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
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Nodulosphaeria cirsii/Nodulosphaeria cirsiian ascomycetenumerous, scattered to gregarious, almost superficial, brown-blackpycnidiumRhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (2-5)numerous, scattered to gregarious, almost superficial, brown-black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria dolioloides an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Nodulosphaeria dolioloides/Nodulosphaeria dolioloidesan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Major Ophiobolus acuminatus an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Ophiobolus acuminatus/Ophiobolus acuminatusan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstemMajor (3-6)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma cirsii a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/Phoma cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowsconidiomaPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes rousselianus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Chaetothyriales: Herpotrichiellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Chaetothyriales/Herpotrichiellaceae/Pseudospiropes rousselianus/Pseudospiropes rousselianusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia clavata a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia clavata/Mollisia clavataa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (4-11)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pirottaea brevipila a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea brevipila/Pirottaea brevipilaa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (6)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza adenostylidis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza adenostylidis/Pyrenopeziza adenostylidisa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (5-11)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza carduorum a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza carduorum/Pyrenopeziza carduoruma discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (5-8)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Pezizella discreta a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella discreta/Pezizella discretaa discomyceteshort-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (10-11)short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile, in clusters of 2 to 5 apothecium Major Pezizella glareosa a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella glareosa/Pezizella glareosaa discomycetesessile, in clusters of 2 to 5apothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstemMajor (9-10)sessile, in clusters of 2 to 5 apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by embedded stroma Karstenia rhopaloides a discomycete Rhytismatales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/Karstenia rhopaloidesa discomyceteembeddedstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (6-11)embedded stroma is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium Karstenia rhopaloides a discomycete Rhytismatales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Karstenia rhopaloides/Karstenia rhopaloidesa discomycetestromatic, deeply sunkenapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (6-11)stromatic, deeply sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis cirsii a coelomycete 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
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis cirsii/Phomopsis cirsiia coelomycetesometimes in rowspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (10-5)sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered or in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Hydropisphaera arenula/Hydropisphaera arenulaa pyrenomycetesuperficial, scattered or in small groups, thinly subiculateperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (1-12)superficial, scattered or in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Hypocreales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotrys dichroa/Stachybotrys dichroaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyStachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (4-9)colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, more or less linearly arranged pycnidium of Sphaeronaema coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Sphaeronaema floccosum a coelomycete British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sphaeronaema floccosum/Sphaeronaema floccosuma coelomyceteimmersed, more or less linearly arrangedpycnidiumSphaeronaema coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistledeadstem (4)immersed, more or less linearly arranged pycnidium of Sphaeronaema coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Urophora cardui Thistle Stem Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora cardui/Urophora carduithistle stem gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlelivestemSole larva causes gall of live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by immersed oospore Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustimmersedoospore Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlelivestem immersed oospore parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by sorus Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustsorus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistlelivestem sorus parasitises live stem

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Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
GenusCirsium (thistle)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)

Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
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