Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald
(Buck’s-beard)

Interactions where Aruncus dioicus 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').

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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
anther anther is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Orsodacnidae/Orsodacne cerasi/Orsodacne cerasia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-beardanther (4-9)adult feeds on anther
leaf leaf is grazed by gregarious larva UK/IrelandRestricted Nematus spiraeae Spiraea Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Nematus (Pteronidea) spiraeae/Nematus (Pteronidea) spiraeaespiraea sawflygregariouslarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-beardleafSole (5-)gregarious larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) Foreign dead leaf is decayed by crowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta spiraeae form caulicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta spiraeae forma caulicola/Ascochyta spiraeae forma caulicolaa coelomycetecrowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-bearddeadleaf crowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia spiraeae-arunci (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia spiraeae-arunci/Ramularia spiraeae-arunci(an anamorphic fungus)hypophyllous, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-beardliveleaf hypophyllous, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Orsodacnidae/Orsodacne cerasi/Orsodacne cerasia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-beardpollen (4-9)adult feeds on pollen
stem (dead) UK/Ireland dead stem is decayed by crowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta spiraeae form caulicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta spiraeae forma caulicola/Ascochyta spiraeae forma caulicolaa coelomycetecrowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-bearddeadstem (11)crowded to congested, blackish, immersed, then opening by very wide pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarious, longitudinally arranged, long immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis spiraeae Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis spiraeae/Phomopsis spiraeaegregarious, longitudinally arranged, long immersedpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Aruncus dioicus/Aruncus dioicusbuck's-bearddeadstem gregarious, longitudinally arranged, long immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Aruncus dioicus (Buck’s-beard) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAruncus dioicus (Buck’s-beard)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
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 Aruncus dioicus (Buck’s-beard)

Aruncus dioicus (Buck’s-beard) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aruncus dioicus (Buck’s-beard):

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