Cerastium arvense L.
(Field Mouse-ear)

Interactions where Cerastium arvense 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
has sap sucked by adult Major Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earMajor nymph sucks sap of
is associate of sporodochium Endoconospora cerastii an anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Endoconospora cerastii/Endoconospora cerastiian anamorphic fungussporodochium Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-ear sporodochium is associated with
flower (swollen) swollen flower is galled by sorus Foreign Thecaphora saponariae Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae Sorosporium saponariae, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora saponariae/Thecaphora saponariaesorus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earswollenflower sorus causes gall of swollen flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera diversipunctata a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Boreohypera) diversipunctata/Hypera (Boreohypera) diversipunctataa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phacellium alborosellum a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium alborosellum/Phacellium alboroselluma dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycetemostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph Foreign Pseudocercosporella cerastii (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella cerastii/Pseudocercosporella cerastii(a leaf-spot fungus)colonyPseudocercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earliveleaf colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum 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/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/Melampsorella caryophyllacearuma rust fungusmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earliveleaf mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum 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/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/Melampsorella caryophyllacearuma rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium arvense/Cerastium arvensefield mouse-earliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
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
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970Sorosporium saponariaeI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 965.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Vánky, K., 1994European Smut Fungi570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear)
GenusCerastium (mouse-ears)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear)

Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear):

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