Populus nigra (black-poplar)

Interactions where Populus nigra 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Season	Summary
	is foodplant of	Dorytomus dejeani	Common Aspen Catkin Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus dejeani/	Dorytomus dejeani	common aspen catkin weevil				Foodplant / feeds on	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar						feeds on
	is foodplant of	Dorytomus rubrirostris	a catkin weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus rubrirostris/	Dorytomus rubrirostris	a catkin weevil				Foodplant / feeds on	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar				Minor		feeds on
	is foodplant of	Dorytomus tremulae	a catkin weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus tremulae/	Dorytomus tremulae	a catkin weevil				Foodplant / feeds on	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar						feeds on
	is parasitised by	Erysiphe adunca var adunca	Willow and Poplar Mildew, Willow Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe adunca var. adunca/	Erysiphe adunca var. adunca	willow and poplar mildew, willow mildew				Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar						parasitises
branch (lesion or knot hole)	branch (lesion or knot hole) is parasitised by fruitbody	Agrocybe cylindracea	Poplar Fieldcap	Agaricales: Strophariaceae	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/Strophariaceae/Agrocybe cylindracea/	Agrocybe cylindracea	poplar fieldcap			fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		branch (lesion or knot hole)		Major		fruitbody parasitises branch (lesion or knot hole)
branch	branch is foodplant of pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Phomopsis pallida	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 pallida/	Phomopsis pallida	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		branch				pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on branch
branch (dead, attached)	dead, attached branch is decayed by fruitbody	Schizophyllum amplum	Poplar Bells	Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae	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/Schizophyllaceae/Schizophyllum amplum/	Schizophyllum amplum	poplar bells			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, attached	branch		Major		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, attached branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by immersed, in groups of 2 to 10 perithecium	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	immersed, in groups of 2 to 10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	branch			(10-5)	immersed, in groups of 2 to 10 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by Phaeostromella anamorph	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete			Phaeostromella anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	branch			(10-5)	Phaeostromella anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa sordida/	Valsa sordida	a valsoid pyrenomycete	somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	branch			(5-9,12-1)	somewhat scattered, covered, then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dying)	dying branch is decayed by fruitbody	Schizophyllum amplum	Poplar Bells	Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae	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/Schizophyllaceae/Schizophyllum amplum/	Schizophyllum amplum	poplar bells			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dying	branch		Major		fruitbody is saprobic on dying branch
catkin (male) (overwintered, fallen)	overwintered, fallen catkin (male) is decayed by often long-stalked apothecium	Ciboria caucus	Alder Goblet	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria caucus/	Ciboria caucus	alder goblet	often long-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	overwintered, fallen	catkin (male)			(3-4)	often long-stalked apothecium is saprobic on overwintered, fallen catkin (male)
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Aulagromyza populi	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza populi/	Aulagromyza populi	a leaf-mining fly			puparium	Plant / resting place / within		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf-mine		Sole		puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf	leaf of tree (at least 8m in height) is mined by larva	Zeugophora flavicollis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Megalopodidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Megalopodidae/Zeugophora flavicollis/	Zeugophora flavicollis	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf	tree (at least 8m in height)			larva mines leaf of tree (at least 8m in height)
leaf	leaf of tree (at least 8m in height) is grazed by adult	Zeugophora flavicollis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Megalopodidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Megalopodidae/Zeugophora flavicollis/	Zeugophora flavicollis	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf	tree (at least 8m in height)		(8-10,5-7)	adult grazes on leaf of tree (at least 8m in height)
leaf	leaf of sapling is grazed by adult	Zeugophora subspinosa	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Megalopodidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Megalopodidae/Zeugophora subspinosa/	Zeugophora subspinosa	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf	sapling		(mid 8-9,5-12)	adult grazes on leaf of sapling
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Aulagromyza populi	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza populi/	Aulagromyza populi	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf		Sole		larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Aulagromyza populicola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza populicola/	Aulagromyza populicola	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf		Sole		larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf may have puparium	Aulagromyza populicola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza populicola/	Aulagromyza populicola	a leaf-mining fly			puparium	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf		Sole		puparium may be found on leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Fenusella glaucopis	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Fenusella glaucopis/	Fenusella glaucopis	a sawfly			larva	Foodplant / miner	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf				larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Fenusella hortulana	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Fenusella hortulana/	Fenusella hortulana	a sawfly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf		Sole		larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is foodplant of mainly epiphyllous, few, pallid pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Septoria populi	a coelomycete	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/Septoria populi/	Septoria populi	a coelomycete	mainly epiphyllous, few, pallid	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		leaf		Major		mainly epiphyllous, few, pallid pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph feeds on leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen leaf may house epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent telium	Melampsora laricis-populina	Poplar Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Poplar Rust and its Recent Impact in Great Britain, Lonsdale, D. & Tabbush, P., 2002 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora laricis-populina/	Melampsora laricis-populina	poplar rust	epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent		telium	Plant / resting place / within		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, fallen	leaf				epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent telium may be found in dead, fallen leaf
leaf (fallen)	fallen leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Phyllosticta populina	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta populina/	Phyllosticta populina	a coelomycete	epiphyllous	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	fallen	leaf				epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fallen leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous colony	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid	hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf		Major		hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by loosely gregarious pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Phyllosticta populi-nigrae	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta populi-nigrae/	Phyllosticta populi-nigrae	a coelomycete	loosely gregarious	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf				loosely gregarious pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Phyllosticta populina	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta populina/	Phyllosticta populina	a coelomycete	epiphyllous	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf				epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Drepanopeziza populi	Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza populi/	Drepanopeziza populi	poplar leaf and shoot blights (causative organism)		acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf				acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by	Taphrina populina	Golden Leaf, Yellow Leaf Blister	Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina populina/	Taphrina populina	golden leaf, yellow leaf blister				Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf			(7-9)	causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus	hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups		telium	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf				hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous uredium	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus	mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf				mostly hypophyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent telium	Melampsora laricis-populina	Poplar Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora laricis-populina/	Melampsora laricis-populina	poplar rust	epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent		telium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf			(7-10)	epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, in small groups, rarely epiphyllous and singular uredium	Melampsora laricis-populina	Poplar Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora laricis-populina/	Melampsora laricis-populina	poplar rust	mostly hypophyllous, in small groups, rarely epiphyllous and singular		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	leaf			(7-10)	mostly hypophyllous, in small groups, rarely epiphyllous and singular uredium causes spots on live leaf
shoot (young) (live)	live shoot (young) has sap sucked by colony	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid			colony	Foodplant / sap sucker		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	shoot (young)		Major		colony sucks sap of live shoot (young)
stump (large) (dead, decayed, hollow)	dead, decayed, hollow stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Ossicaulis lignatilis	Mealy Oyster	Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae	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/Lyophyllaceae/Ossicaulis lignatilis/	Ossicaulis lignatilis	mealy oyster			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, decayed, hollow	stump (large)		Minor		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, hollow stump (large)
stump (large) (dead, white-rotted)	dead, white-rotted stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Rigidoporus ulmarius	Elm Butt Rot - causative organism, Giant Elm Bracket	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Meripilaceae/Rigidoporus ulmarius/	Rigidoporus ulmarius	elm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracket			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, white-rotted	stump (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted stump (large)
stump (large) (dead)	dead stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Meripilus giganteus	Giant Polypore	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/	Meripilus giganteus	giant polypore			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	stump (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead stump (large)
trunk (base)	trunk (base) may be infected and damaged by fruitbody	Meripilus giganteus	Giant Polypore	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/	Meripilus giganteus	giant polypore			fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		trunk (base)				fruitbody infects and damages trunk (base)
trunk (large) (dead, decayed, fallen)	dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Ossicaulis lignatilis	Mealy Oyster	Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae	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/Lyophyllaceae/Ossicaulis lignatilis/	Ossicaulis lignatilis	mealy oyster			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, decayed, fallen	trunk (large)		Minor		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Hypsizygus ulmarius	Elm Leech, Elm Oyster	Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae	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/Lyophyllaceae/Hypsizygus ulmarius/	Hypsizygus ulmarius	elm leech, elm oyster			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, fallen	trunk (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead, standing)	dead, standing trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Hypsizygus ulmarius	Elm Leech, Elm Oyster	Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae	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/Lyophyllaceae/Hypsizygus ulmarius/	Hypsizygus ulmarius	elm leech, elm oyster			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, standing	trunk (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing trunk (large)
trunk (large) (dead)	dead trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody	Meripilus giganteus	Giant Polypore	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Meripilaceae/Meripilus giganteus/	Meripilus giganteus	giant polypore			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	trunk (large)				fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk (large)
trunk (large) (live)	live trunk (large) may be infected and damaged by fruitbody	Rigidoporus ulmarius	Elm Butt Rot - causative organism, Giant Elm Bracket	Polyporales: Meripilaceae	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/Meripilaceae/Rigidoporus ulmarius/	Rigidoporus ulmarius	elm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracket			fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live	trunk (large)				fruitbody infects and damages live trunk (large)
trunk (lesion or knot hole)	trunk (lesion or knot hole) is parasitised by fruitbody	Agrocybe cylindracea	Poplar Fieldcap	Agaricales: Strophariaceae	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/Strophariaceae/Agrocybe cylindracea/	Agrocybe cylindracea	poplar fieldcap			fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		trunk (lesion or knot hole)		Major		fruitbody parasitises trunk (lesion or knot hole)
trunk (live, standing)	live, standing trunk is parasitised by fruitbody	Fomes fomentarius	Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket	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/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket			fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	live, standing	trunk				fruitbody parasitises live, standing trunk
twig (bark) (dead)	dead twig (bark) is decayed by gregarious, immersed then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Leucostoma niveum	a valsoid pyrenomycete fungus	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	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/Valsaceae/Leucostoma niveum/	Leucostoma niveum	a valsoid pyrenomycete fungus	gregarious, immersed then erumpent, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	twig (bark)			(2-3)	gregarious, immersed then erumpent, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (bark)
twig (current year)	twig (current year) is galled by single or communal larva	Hexomyza schineri	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/Hexomyza schineri/	Hexomyza schineri	a leaf-mining fly	single or communal		larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		twig (current year)				single or communal larva causes gall of twig (current year)
twig (small) (dead)	dead twig (small) is decayed by scattered to loosely gregarious, deeply immersed, then splitting epidermis, irregularly plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Cytospora harioti	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 harioti/	Cytospora harioti	a stromatic coelomycete	scattered to loosely gregarious, deeply immersed, then splitting epidermis, irregularly plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	twig (small)			(1)	scattered to loosely gregarious, deeply immersed, then splitting epidermis, irregularly plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (small)
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by immersed, in groups of 2 to 10 perithecium	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	immersed, in groups of 2 to 10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	twig			(10-5)	immersed, in groups of 2 to 10 perithecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by Phaeostromella anamorph	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora populina/	Cytospora populina	a valsoid pyrenomycete			Phaeostromella anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	twig			(10-5)	Phaeostromella anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by immersed, in groups of up to 10 perithecium	Leucostoma niveum	a valsoid pyrenomycete fungus	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Leucostoma niveum/	Leucostoma niveum	a valsoid pyrenomycete fungus	immersed, in groups of up to 10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead	twig			(4-5)	immersed, in groups of up to 10 perithecium is saprobic on dead twig
wood (dead, decayed, fallen)	dead, decayed, fallen wood is decayed by fruitbody	Ossicaulis lignatilis	Mealy Oyster	Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae	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/Lyophyllaceae/Ossicaulis lignatilis/	Ossicaulis lignatilis	mealy oyster			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, decayed, fallen	wood		Minor		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, fallen wood
wood (dead, white-rotten)	dead, white-rotten wood is decayed by fruitbody	Fomes fomentarius	Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar	dead, white-rotten	wood				fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotten wood

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Populus nigra ’Italica’ Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar				Cultivar		10 trophisms	1 references
Populus nigra ssp betulifolia Black Poplar				Subspecies			2 references

Species	Populus nigra (Black-poplar)
Genus	Populus (poplars)
Family	SALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Populus nigra L.
(Black-poplar)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Populus nigra is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Henderson, D.M., 2004	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants	35pp, British Mycological Society
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Lonsdale, D. & Tabbush, P., 2002	Poplar Rust and its Recent Impact in Great Britain	Forestry Commission Information Notes, 7, 4pp, Forestry Commission
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006	Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium	Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 305-312.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1976	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press