| 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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has sap sucked by |
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Cinara piceae |
an aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Forests and Wood Ants in Scotland, Hughes, J. & Broome, A., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cinara (Cinara) piceae/ | Cinara (Cinara) piceae | an aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | | | | |
| | sucks sap of |
|
|
is galled by fundatrix |
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Pineus similis |
a woolly aphid |
Hemiptera: Adelgidae |
Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus similis/ | Pineus similis | a woolly aphid | | | | fundatrix |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | | | | |
| | fundatrix causes gall of |
|
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is galled by gallicola nymph |
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Pineus similis |
a woolly aphid |
Hemiptera: Adelgidae |
Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus similis/ | Pineus similis | a woolly aphid | | | | gallicola nymph |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | | | | |
| | gallicola nymph causes gall of |
|
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is associate of fruitbody |
|
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Hebeloma populinum |
a poisonpie |
Agaricales: Cortinariaceae |
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/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma populinum/ | Hebeloma populinum | a poisonpie | | | | fruitbody |
Plant / associate | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | | | | |
| | fruitbody is associated with |
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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
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/ | Armillaria | honey fungi | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | | | | |
| | infects and damages |
| bark (decayed) |
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decayed bark is decayed by fruitbody |
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Coniophora prasinoides |
a resupinate bolete |
Boletales: Coniophoraceae |
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/Boletales/Coniophoraceae/Coniophora prasinoides/ | Coniophora prasinoides | a resupinate bolete | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | decayed | bark | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on decayed bark |
| branch (dead, attached) |
|
dead, attached branch is decayed by erumpent coelomycetous anamorph |
 |
|
Tryblidiopsis pinastri |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/ | Tryblidiopsis pinastri | a discomycete | | erumpent | | coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, attached | branch | | |
| (1-4) | erumpent coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached branch |
| branch (dead, attached) |
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dead, attached branch is decayed by erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium |
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Tryblidiopsis pinastri |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/ | Tryblidiopsis pinastri | a discomycete | | erumpent, shortly stalked | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, attached | branch | | |
| (5-7) | erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached branch |
| branch (dead) |
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dead branch is decayed by stromatic, in large groups perithecium |
 |
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Neonectria fuckeliana |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria fuckeliana/ | Neonectria fuckeliana | a pyrenomycete | | stromatic, in large groups | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | branch | | Major |
| (3-8) | stromatic, in large groups perithecium is saprobic on dead branch |
| branch (dead) |
|
dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma |
|
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Neonectria fuckeliana |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria fuckeliana/ | Neonectria fuckeliana | a pyrenomycete | | erumpent | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | branch | | |
| (3-8) | erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead branch |
| branch (old wounded) |
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old wounded branch is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph |
|
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Endophragmiella resinae |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella resinae/ | Endophragmiella resinae | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | old wounded | branch | | |
| (9) | effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on old wounded branch |
| bud (characteristically twisted, swollen) |
|
characteristically twisted, swollen bud is swollen by crowded pseudothecium |
|
|
Cucurbitaria piceae |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Cucurbitariaceae |
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Cucurbitariaceae/Cucurbitaria piceae/ | Cucurbitaria piceae | an ascomycete | | crowded | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / false gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | characteristically twisted, swollen | bud | | |
| | crowded pseudothecium causes swelling of characteristically twisted, swollen bud |
| leaf (live, yellowed then shed) |
|
live, yellowed then shed leaf has sap sucked by |
|
|
Elatobium abietinum |
Green Spruce Aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka Spruce, Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Elatobium abietinum/ | Elatobium abietinum | green spruce aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live, yellowed then shed | leaf | | Major |
| (1-)3-5(-12) | sucks sap of live, yellowed then shed leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta piniperda |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta piniperda/ | Ascochyta piniperda | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | leaf | | |
| | pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph |
|
|
Mycocentrospora acerina |
Carrot Liquorice Rot, Celery Crown or Crown and Stalk Rot (causative organisms) |
Pleosporales |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Mycocentrospora acerina/ | Mycocentrospora acerina | carrot liquorice rot, celery crown or crown and stalk rot (causative organisms) | | amphigenous | colony | Mycocentrospora anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph infects and damages live leaf |
| log (large) (dead, brown-rotten) |
|
dead, brown-rotten log (large) is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Fomitopsis pinicola |
Red-belted Bracket |
Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/ | Fomitopsis pinicola | red-belted bracket | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, brown-rotten | log (large) | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten log (large) |
| log (large) (fallen, dead) |
|
fallen, dead log (large) is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Cinereomyces lindbladii |
a polypore fungus |
Polyporales: Polyporaceae |
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/Polyporaceae/Cinereomyces lindbladii/ | Cinereomyces lindbladii | a polypore fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | fallen, dead | log (large) | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, dead log (large) |
| log (dead, old but not decayed) |
|
dead, old but not decayed log is decayed by erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Pseudophacidium piceae |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Ascodichaenaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Ascodichaenaceae/Pseudophacidium piceae/ | Pseudophacidium piceae | a discomycete | | erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, old but not decayed | log | | |
| (5) | erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, old but not decayed log |
| log (dead, old, decorticate) |
|
dead, old, decorticate log is decayed by hysterothecium |
 |
|
Lophium mytilinum |
an ascomycete |
Mytilinidiales: Mytilinidiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Lophium mytilinum/ | Lophium mytilinum | an ascomycete | | | | hysterothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, old, decorticate | log | | Minor |
| (7-8) | hysterothecium is saprobic on dead, old, decorticate log |
| needle (first year) (live) |
|
live needle (first year) is parasitised by hypophyllous telium |
|
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Chrysomyxa abietis |
Spruce Needle Cushion Rust |
Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae |
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
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Chrysomyxa abietis/ | Chrysomyxa abietis | spruce needle cushion rust | | hypophyllous | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | needle (first year) | | |
| (3-5) | hypophyllous telium parasitises live needle (first year) |
| needle (dead, attached) |
|
dead, attached needle is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium piceae |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium piceae/ | Lophodermium piceae | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, attached | needle | | |
| (5) | apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached needle |
| needle (dead, fallen) |
|
dead, fallen needle is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium piceae |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium piceae/ | Lophodermium piceae | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, fallen | needle | | |
| (5) | apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen needle |
| needle (dead) |
|
dead needle is decayed by superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii |
Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism |
Venturiales: Venturiaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/ | Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii | Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism) | | superficial, clustered, hypophyllous | pycnidium | Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | needle | | |
| (late winter to early spring) | superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle |
| needle (live, yellow mottled) |
|
live, yellow mottled needle may be infected and damaged by Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii |
Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism |
Venturiales: Venturiaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/ | Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii | Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism) | | | | Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live, yellow mottled | needle | | |
| (mid- to late summer) | Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, yellow mottled needle |
| needle (live) |
|
live needle is parasitised by amphigenous aecium |
|
|
Chrysomyxa rhododendri |
Rhododendron Rust |
Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Chrysomyxa rhododendri/ | Chrysomyxa rhododendri | rhododendron rust | | amphigenous | | aecium |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | needle | | Rare |
| (7-9) | amphigenous aecium parasitises live needle |
| root (live) |
|
live root has sap sucked by |
|
|
Pachypappa |
a genus of aphids |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka Spruce, Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pachypappa/ | Pachypappa | a genus of aphids | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | root | | |
| | sucks sap of live root |
| root (live) |
|
live root has sap sucked by |
|
|
Pachypappella |
a genus of aphids |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka Spruce, Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pachypappella/ | Pachypappella | a genus of aphids | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | root | | |
| | sucks sap of live root |
| root (live) |
|
live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody |
 |
|
Amanita muscaria var aureola |
a fly agaric |
Agaricales: Amanitaceae |
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/Amanitaceae/Amanita muscaria var. aureola/ | Amanita muscaria var. aureola | a fly agaric | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza | Relationship uncertain | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | root | | |
| | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root |
| root (live) |
|
live root may be infected and damaged by fruitbody |
|
|
Phaeolus schweinitzii |
Dyer’s Bracket, Dyer’s Mazegill |
Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Phaeolus schweinitzii/ | Phaeolus schweinitzii | dyer's bracket, dyer's mazegill | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live | root | | |
| | fruitbody infects and damages live root |
| shoot tip (live, yellowing) |
|
live, yellowing shoot tip is galled by hypophyllous |
|
|
Gilletteella cooleyi |
Douglas Fir Adelgid |
Hemiptera: Adelgidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Gilletteella cooleyi/ | Gilletteella cooleyi | Douglas fir adelgid | | hypophyllous | | |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | live, yellowing | shoot tip | | |
| | hypophyllous causes gall of live, yellowing shoot tip |
| shoot (defoliated) |
|
defoliated shoot may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta piniperda |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta piniperda/ | Ascochyta piniperda | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | defoliated | shoot | | |
| | pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages defoliated shoot |
| trunk (dead, standing, brown-rotten) |
|
dead, standing, brown-rotten trunk is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Fomitopsis pinicola |
Red-belted Bracket |
Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/ | Fomitopsis pinicola | red-belted bracket | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, standing, brown-rotten | trunk | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing, brown-rotten trunk |
| trunk (fallen, dead) |
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fallen, dead trunk is decayed by fruitbody |
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Cinereomyces lindbladii |
a polypore fungus |
Polyporales: Polyporaceae |
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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Cinereomyces lindbladii/ | Cinereomyces lindbladii | a polypore fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | fallen, dead | trunk | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, dead trunk |
| twig (dead, attached) |
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dead, attached twig is decayed by erumpent coelomycetous anamorph |
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Tryblidiopsis pinastri |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/ | Tryblidiopsis pinastri | a discomycete | | erumpent | | coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, attached | twig | | |
| (1-4) | erumpent coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached twig |
| twig (dead, attached) |
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dead, attached twig is decayed by erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium |
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Tryblidiopsis pinastri |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/ | Tryblidiopsis pinastri | a discomycete | | erumpent, shortly stalked | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, attached | twig | | |
| (5-7) | erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached twig |
| twig (dead) |
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dead twig is decayed by stromatic, in large groups perithecium |
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Neonectria fuckeliana |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria fuckeliana/ | Neonectria fuckeliana | a pyrenomycete | | stromatic, in large groups | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | twig | | Major |
| (3-8) | stromatic, in large groups perithecium is saprobic on dead twig |
| twig (dead) |
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dead twig is decayed by erumpent stroma |
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Neonectria fuckeliana |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria fuckeliana/ | Neonectria fuckeliana | a pyrenomycete | | erumpent | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | twig | | |
| (3-8) | erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead twig |
| wood (dead, brown-rotten) |
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dead, brown-rotten wood is decayed by fruitbody |
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Fomitopsis pinicola |
Red-belted Bracket |
Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/ | Fomitopsis pinicola | red-belted bracket | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, brown-rotten | wood | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten wood |
| wood (dead, decorticated) |
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dead, decorticated wood is decayed by erumpent in rows, then radially lobed apothecium |
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Micraspis tetraspora |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Tympanidaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some new Discomycete species: 6, Graddon, W.D., 1984
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Tympanidaceae/Micraspis tetraspora/ | Micraspis tetraspora | a discomycete | | erumpent in rows, then radially lobed | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead, decorticated | wood | | |
| (10-11) | erumpent in rows, then radially lobed apothecium is saprobic on dead, decorticated wood |
| wood (dead) |
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dead wood of debris is decayed by |
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Tubulicium vermiferum |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Trechisporales: Hydnodontaceae |
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/Trechisporales/Hydnodontaceae/Tubulicium vermiferum/ | Tubulicium vermiferum | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | dead | wood | debris | Rare |
| | is saprobic on dead wood of debris |
| wood (decayed) |
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decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody |
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Globulicium hiemale |
a basidiomycete |
Agaricales: Pterulaceae |
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/Pterulaceae/Globulicium hiemale/ | Globulicium hiemale | a basidiomycete | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/ | Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce | | decayed | wood | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce)
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 2 images of Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce)
