Tussilago farfara L.
(Coltsfoot)

Interactions where Tussilago farfara 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
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootlive parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Foreign Longitarsus gracilis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Foreign Longitarsus gracilis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza tussilaginis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza tussilaginis/Phytomyza tussilaginisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Acidia cognata Coltsfoot Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva ForeignQuestionable Stemonocera cornuta Scarce Hemp Agrimony Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Stemonocera cornuta/Stemonocera cornutascarce hemp agrimony flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfoot?leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Minor Tenthredo mandibularis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo mandibularis/Tenthredo mandibularisa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleafMinor nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is galled by hypophyllous aecium Puccinia poarum Meadow Grass Rust 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia poarum/Puccinia poarummeadow grass rusthypophyllousaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf (5-6)hypophyllous aecium causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia poarum Meadow Grass Rust 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 poarum/Puccinia poarummeadow grass rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf (5-6)pycnium parasitises leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Mycosphaerella tussilaginis an ascomycete 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
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella tussilaginis/Mycosphaerella tussilaginisan ascomyceteamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, subepidermal, covered then bursting at apex pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Stagonospora tussilaginis a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae 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/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora tussilaginis/Stagonospora tussilaginisa coelomyceteepiphyllous, subepidermal, covered then bursting at apexpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleaf (7-8)epiphyllous, subepidermal, covered then bursting at apex pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Asteroma coelomycetous anamorph Asteroma impressum a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Asteroma impressum/Asteroma impressuma coelomycetepycnidiumAsteroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleaf pycnidium of Asteroma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by subcuticular mycelial strands of Asteroma coelomycetous anamorph Asteroma impressum a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Asteroma impressum/Asteroma impressuma coelomycetesubcuticularmycelial strandsAsteroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleaf subcuticular mycelial strands of Asteroma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Major Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus 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
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungushypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleafMajor hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Major Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus 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
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootliveleafMajor hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

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., 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
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.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
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

Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
TribeSenecioneae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)

Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 60 images of Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
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