Ligustrum vulgare L.
(Wild Privet)

Interactions where Ligustrum vulgare 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 parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe syringae Lilac 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/Erysiphe syringae/Erysiphe syringaelilac mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privet parasitises
is associate of fruitbody Geastrum striatum Striate Earthstar, Striated Earthstar Geastrales: Geastraceae 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/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum striatum/Geastrum striatumstriate earthstar, striated earthstarfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privet fruitbody is associated with
branch (old, dead, fallen) old, dead, fallen branch is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Basidioradulum radula Toothed Crust Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Schizoporaceae/Basidioradulum radula/Basidioradulum radulatoothed crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetold, dead, fallenbranch fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, fallen branch
branch (small, decorticated, fallen) small, decorticated, fallen branch may have epiphytic fruitbody UK/Ireland Antrodia albida a bracket fungus Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae 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/Fomitopsidaceae/Antrodia albida/Antrodia albidaa bracket fungusfruitbody Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetsmall, decorticated, fallenbranch fruitbody grows on small, decorticated, fallen branch
leaf (older) (live) live leaf (older) is parasitised by amphigenous mycelium Foreign Erysiphe syringae-japonicae Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicae, Piatek, M., 2004
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicaeamphigenousmycelium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetliveleaf (older) amphigenous mycelium parasitises live leaf (older)
leaf (older) (live) live leaf (older) is parasitised by cleistothecium Foreign Erysiphe syringae-japonicae Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicae, Piatek, M., 2004
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicaecleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetliveleaf (older) cleistothecium parasitises live leaf (older)
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Macrophya punctumalbum a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya punctumalbum/Macrophya punctumalbuma sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by numerous, scattered, epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Mycosphaerella ligustri Privet Leaf Spot - causative organism 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
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ligustri/Mycosphaerella ligustriprivet leaf spot (causative organism)numerous, scattered, epiphyllouspycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetfadingleaf (9-10)numerous, scattered, epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Mycosphaerella ligustri Privet Leaf Spot - causative organism Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae 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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ligustri/Mycosphaerella ligustriprivet leaf spot (causative organism)few, epiphyllouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetliveleaf (autumn, spring)few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by colony of Thedgonia anamorph UK/Ireland Thedgonia ligustrina an anamorphic fungus Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Two parasitic fungi on a new host, Syringa (Oleaceae), Constantinescu, O., Mel'nik, V.A. & Verkley, G.J.M., 2005
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Thedgonia ligustrina/Thedgonia ligustrinaan anamorphic funguscolonyThedgonia anamorph Foodplant / shot hole causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetliveleaf colony of Thedgonia anamorph causes shot holes on live leaf
root (live) live root is associate of mycelial muff Major Morchella esculenta Morel Pezizales: Morchellaceae Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/Morchella esculentamorelmycelial muff Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetliverootMajor mycelial muff is associated with live root
trunk (old, dead, fallen) old, dead, fallen trunk is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Basidioradulum radula Toothed Crust Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae 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/Hymenochaetales/Schizoporaceae/Basidioradulum radula/Basidioradulum radulatoothed crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetold, dead, fallentrunk fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, fallen trunk
twig (small) (dead) dead twig (small) is decayed by gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora pruinosa var ligustri a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora pruinosa var. ligustri/Cytospora pruinosa var. ligustria stromatic coelomycetegregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocularpycnidiumCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetdeadtwig (small) gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (small)
twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis brachyceras 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 brachyceras/Phomopsis brachycerasa coelomyceteimmersed, becoming erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetdead, attachedtwig (4-7)immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached twig
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by resupinate fruitbody Peniophora cinerea a resupinate fungus Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora cinerea/Peniophora cinereaa resupinate fungusresupinatefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/Ligustrum vulgarewild privetdeadwood resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotundaTBMS Vol 89 (2): 249-252.
Constantinescu, O., Mel'nik, V.A. & Verkley, G.J.M., 2005Two parasitic fungi on a new host, Syringa (Oleaceae)Mycotaxon 94: 175-179.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Piatek, M., 2004First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicaeNew Disease Reports Vol 10.

Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLigustrum vulgare (Wild Privet)
GenusLigustrum (privets)
FamilyOLEACEAE (olives, privets, ashes, lilacs and forsythias)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet)

Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet):

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