Ranunculus auricomus L.
(Goldilocks Buttercup)

Interactions where Ranunculus auricomus 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 conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe aquilegiae var ranunculi 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/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercup conidial anamorph parasitises
is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe aquilegiae var ranunculi 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/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercup cleistothecium parasitises
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercuplive pycnium parasitises live
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Pseudodineura fuscula a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pseudodineura fuscula/Pseudodineura fusculaa sawflysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupleaf solitary larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia didyma var didyma s.s. sensu Braun an anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia didyma var. didyma s.s. sensu Braun/Ramularia didyma var. didyma s.s. sensu Braunan anamorphic ascomyceteamphigenouscaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupliveleaf amphigenous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia simplex an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/Ramularia simplexan anamorphic fungususually hypophyllouscaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupliveleaf (7-10)usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by aecium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupliveleaf (early Spring)aecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus UK/IrelandMinor Entyloma ranunculi-repentis a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentis, Spooner, B.M., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma ranunculi-repentis/Entyloma ranunculi-repentisa smut fungusimmersedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupliveleafMinor immersed sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by superficial Entylomella anamorph UK/IrelandMinor Entyloma ranunculi-repentis a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentis, Spooner, B.M., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma ranunculi-repentis/Entyloma ranunculi-repentisa smut fungussuperficialEntylomella anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercupliveleafMinor superficial Entylomella anamorph parasitises live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by aecium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/Ranunculus auricomusgoldilocks buttercuplivepetiole (early Spring)aecium parasitises live petiole

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henderson, D.M., 2004The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants35pp, British Mycological Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Spooner, B.M., 2003New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentisMycologist Vol 17 (2): 62.

Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRanunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
GenusRanunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
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 Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)

Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup):

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