Lapsana communis L.
(Nipplewort)

Interactions where Lapsana communis 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
is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewort (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandMinor Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucae, Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015
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/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortliveMinor sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia lapsanae a rust fungus 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 lapsanae/Puccinia lapsanaea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is spotted by aecium Puccinia lapsanae a rust fungus 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 lapsanae/Puccinia lapsanaea rust fungusaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortlive aecium causes spots on live
leaf (base of midrib) leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium Ophiomyia cunctata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/Ophiomyia cunctataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleaf (base of midrib) puparium may be found in leaf (base of midrib)
leaf (midrib, lamina) leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva Ophiomyia cunctata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/Ophiomyia cunctataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleaf (midrib, lamina) larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf leaf is mined by larva Minor Liriomyza eupatorii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza eupatorii/Liriomyza eupatoriia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleafMinor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Liriomyza strigata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/Liriomyza strigataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza marginella a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza marginella/Phytomyza marginellaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Trypeta immaculata Dandelion Leaf-miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta immaculata/Trypeta immaculatadandelion leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Foreign Nasonovia ribisnigri Currant-lettude Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigri/Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigricurrant-lettude aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortliveleaf sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia lapsanae 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 lapsanae/Ramularia lapsanaean anamorphic fungusmostly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortliveleaf mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia lapsanae a rust fungus 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 lapsanae/Puccinia lapsanaea rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia lapsanae a rust fungus 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 lapsanae/Puccinia lapsanaea rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia heringi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/Ophiomyia heringia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortstem larva mines stem
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia heringi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/Ophiomyia heringia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortstem puparium may be found in stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis achilleae var lapsanae 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. lapsanae/Phomopsis achilleae var. lapsanaea coelomyceteloosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projectingpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortdeadstem loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by larva Timaspis lampsanae a gall wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Timaspis lampsanae/Timaspis lampsanaea gall wasplarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortlivestem larva causes gall of live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia lapsanae a rust fungus 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 lapsanae/Puccinia lapsanaea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lapsana communis/Lapsana communisnipplewortlivestem telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucaeField Mycology Vol 16 (1): 29-32.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1976The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and DenmarkFauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLapsana communis (Nipplewort)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
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)
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Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lapsana communis (Nipplewort):

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