Arbutus unedo L.
(Strawberry-tree)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
branch (dead, decorticate, attached)		dead, decorticate, attached branch is decayed by fruitbody			Vuilleminia cystidiata	a resupinate basidiomycete	Corticiales: Corticiaceae	British Vuilleminia species, Morris, I. & Roberts, P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Vuilleminia cystidiata/	Vuilleminia cystidiata	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		dead, decorticate, attached	branch					fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decorticate, attached branch
branch (live, decorticate)		live, decorticate branch is decayed by fruitbody			Vuilleminia cystidiata	a resupinate basidiomycete	Corticiales: Corticiaceae	British Vuilleminia species, Morris, I. & Roberts, P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Vuilleminia cystidiata/	Vuilleminia cystidiata	a resupinate basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live, decorticate	branch					fruitbody is saprobic on live, decorticate branch
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by usually sterile pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph			Macrophoma cylindrospora var arbuti	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophoma cylindrospora var. arbuti/	Macrophoma cylindrospora var. arbuti	a coelomycete		usually sterile	pycnidium	Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		dead	leaf					usually sterile pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by epiphyllous, crowded pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph			Phyllosticta arbuti	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	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/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta arbuti/	Phyllosticta arbuti	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, crowded	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		dead	leaf				(11-1)	epiphyllous, crowded pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria unedonis	Arbutus Leaf-spot Fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 unedonis/	Septoria unedonis	arbutus leaf-spot fungus		few, epiphyllous, blackish	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		fading	leaf		Sole		(9-11)	few, epiphyllous, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria unedonis	Arbutus Leaf-spot Fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 unedonis/	Septoria unedonis	arbutus leaf-spot fungus		few, epiphyllous, blackish	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live	leaf		Sole		(9-11)	few, epiphyllous, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypopyllous acervulus of Sphaceloma coelomycetous anamorph			Elsinoe mattiroloanum	Arbutus Spot Anthracnose	Myriangiales: Elsinoaceae	Arbutus spot anthracnose (Elsinoë mattiroloanum), Anon., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Myriangiales/Elsinoaceae/Elsinoe mattiroloanum/	Elsinoe mattiroloanum	Arbutus spot anthracnose		hypopyllous	acervulus	Sphaceloma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live	leaf					hypopyllous acervulus of Sphaceloma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by fruitbody			Exobasidium unedonis	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 unedonis/	Exobasidium unedonis	a redleaf fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live	leaf		Sole			fruitbody parasitises live leaf
shoot (live, clustered)		live, clustered shoot is parasitised by fruitbody			Exobasidium unedonis	a redleaf fungus	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium unedonis/	Exobasidium unedonis	a redleaf fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live, clustered	shoot		Sole			fruitbody parasitises live, clustered shoot
trunk (esp. base) (live)		live trunk (esp. base) is parasitised by fruitbody			Fuscoporia torulosa	Tufted Bracket	Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae	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/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fuscoporia torulosa/	Fuscoporia torulosa	tufted bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arbutus unedo/	Arbutus unedo	strawberry-tree		live	trunk (esp. base)					fruitbody parasitises live trunk (esp. base)

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Arbutus
(strawberry trees)

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)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2008	Arbutus spot anthracnose (Elsinoë mattiroloanum)	Plant Clinic News Feb 08: 1.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Morris, I. & Roberts, P., 1997	British Vuilleminia species	Mycologist Vol 11 (1): 4-6.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)
Genus	Arbutus (strawberry trees)
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 Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fitzgerald, R. & Wyse Jackson, M.	2005	Telling the wood from the trees in Killarney	British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 83-92.

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree) may also 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)

General Literature

Mycorrhiza

The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Arbutus unedo (Strawberry-tree):

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)

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