Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
(Cranberry)

Interactions where Vaccinium oxycoccos 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').

Filters:

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
fruit (dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered)		dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered fruit is decayed by in groups of 1-6 apothecium			Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia oxycocci/	Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete		in groups of 1-6		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry		dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered	fruit				(early spring)	in groups of 1-6 apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, mummified, over-wintered fruit
leaf		leaf is foodplant of scattered, erumpent pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph			Topospora obturata	a coelomycete	Helotiales: Godroniaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Godroniaceae/Topospora obturata/	Topospora obturata	a coelomycete		scattered, erumpent	pycnidium	Topospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry			leaf					scattered, erumpent pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on leaf
leaf		leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis uredium			Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/	Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry			leaf		Minor		(5-10)	hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis uredium parasitises leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by fruitbody			Exobasidium rostrupii	a redleaf fungus	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986 Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium rostrupii/	Exobasidium rostrupii	a redleaf fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry			leaf		Major			fruitbody causes spots on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by telium			Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Naohidemyces vacciniorum/	Naohidemyces vacciniorum	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry		dead	leaf		Minor			telium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (wilting)		wilting leaf is foodplant of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph			Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia oxycocci/	Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete				Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry		wilting	leaf				(summer)	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph feeds on wilting leaf
shoot (dark red, deformed)		dark red, deformed shoot is galled by fruitbody			Exobasidium oxycocci	a redleaf fungus	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium oxycocci/	Exobasidium oxycocci	a redleaf fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry		dark red, deformed	shoot					fruitbody causes gall of dark red, deformed shoot
shoot (wilting)		wilting shoot is foodplant of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph			Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia oxycocci/	Monilinia oxycocci	a discomycete				Monilia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium oxycoccos/	Vaccinium oxycoccos	cranberry		wilting	shoot				(summer)	Monilia dematiaceous anamorph feeds on wilting shoot

Author & Year	Title	Source
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986	Non-gilled Fungi	Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 2, 412pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
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
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000	Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes)	Nordic Macromycetes, 1, 309pp, Nordsvamp, Copenhagen
Ing, B., 1998	Exobasidium in the British Isles	Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
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
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Vaccinium oxycoccos (Cranberry) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vaccinium
(bilberries and cranberries)

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Woody plants
(subshrubs)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vaccinium oxycoccos (Cranberry)
Genus	Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vaccinium oxycoccos (Cranberry)

Vaccinium oxycoccos (Cranberry) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vaccinium oxycoccos (Cranberry):

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

BioImages

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