Dipsacus fullonum L.
(Wild Teasel)

Interactions where Dipsacus fullonum 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
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera dipsacacearum a conidial powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera dipsacacearum/Podosphaera dipsacacearuma conidial powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teasel parasitises
(live) live has sap sucked by Minor Macrosiphum rosae Rose Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaerose aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselliveMinor (summer)sucks sap of live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRestricted Peronospora dipsaci a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora dipsaci/Peronospora dipsacia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselliveSole sporangium parasitises live
leaf (basal) (live) live leaf (basal) has sap sucked by UK/IrelandRestricted Aphis ochropus an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphis gentianae (Borner) and Aphis ochropus (Koch) (Aphidoidea) new to Britain, Baker, E.A., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis ochropus/Aphis ochropusan aphid Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselliveleaf (basal)Sole sucks sap of live leaf (basal)
leaf (midrib, blade) leaf (midrib, blade) is mined by larva Major Phytomyza nigritella a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza nigritella/Phytomyza nigritellaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleaf (midrib, blade)Major larva mines leaf (midrib, blade)
leaf (midrib) leaf (midrib) may house puparium Major Phytomyza nigritella a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza nigritella/Phytomyza nigritellaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleaf (midrib)Major puparium may be found in leaf (midrib)
leaf leaf has leaves shot holed by epiphyllous adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus fowleri Teasel Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus fowleri/Longitarsus fowleriteasel flea beetleepiphyllousadult Foodplant / shot hole causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleaf (Summer)epiphyllous adult causes shot holes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Agromyza dipsaci a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza dipsaci/Agromyza dipsacia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Chromatomyia ramosa a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Agromyzidae Newsletter No 3, August 2017, Anon, 2017
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia ramosa/Chromatomyia ramosaa leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleaf solitary larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMinor Abia sericea a clubhorned sawfly Hymenoptera: Cimbicidae /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cimbicidae/Abia sericea/Abia sericeaa clubhorned sawflylarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselleafMinor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Ramularia silvestris an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia silvestris/Ramularia silvestrisan anamorphic fungushypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselliveleaf hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (young, first-year) young, first-year leaf has leaves shot holed by hypophyllous adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus fowleri Teasel Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus fowleri/Longitarsus fowleriteasel flea beetlehypophyllousadult Foodplant / shot hole causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselyoung, first-yearleaf (Spring)hypophyllous adult causes shot holes on young, first-year leaf
root? root? may contain larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Longitarsus fowleri Teasel Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus fowleri/Longitarsus fowleriteasel flea beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feederRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselroot? larva feeds within root?
root? root? is grazed by larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Longitarsus fowleri Teasel Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus fowleri/Longitarsus fowleriteasel flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselroot? larva grazes on root?
root (live) live root has sap sucked by subterranean UK/IrelandRestricted Aphis ochropus an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphis gentianae (Borner) and Aphis ochropus (Koch) (Aphidoidea) new to Britain, Baker, E.A., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis ochropus/Aphis ochropusan aphidsubterranean Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaselliverootSole subterranean sucks sap of live root
stem (near base) (dead) dead stem (near base) is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes subuliferus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudospiropes subuliferus/Pseudospiropes subuliferusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaseldeadstem (near base) effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (near base)
stem base (live) live stem base has sap sucked by subterranean UK/IrelandRestricted Aphis ochropus an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphis gentianae (Borner) and Aphis ochropus (Koch) (Aphidoidea) new to Britain, Baker, E.A., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis ochropus/Aphis ochropusan aphidsubterranean Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teasellivestem baseSole subterranean sucks sap of live stem base
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes rousselianus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudospiropes rousselianus/Pseudospiropes rousselianusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaseldeadstem effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Cylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph Cylindrotrichum oligospermum a dematiaceous hyphomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Cylindrotrichum oligospermum/Cylindrotrichum oligospermuma dematiaceous hyphomyceteeffusecolonyCylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaseldeadstem (4-9)effuse colony of Cylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by widely gregarious but not crowded pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis dipsaci a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis dipsaci/Phomopsis dipsacia coelomycetewidely gregarious but not crowdedpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaseldeadstem (1-7)widely gregarious but not crowded pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Stachybotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotryaceae/Stachybotrys dichroa/Stachybotrys dichroaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyStachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus fullonum/Dipsacus fullonumwild teaseldeadstem (4-9)colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon, 2017Agromyzidae Newsletter No 3, August 2017
Baker, E.A., 2009Aphis gentianae (Borner) and Aphis ochropus (Koch) (Aphidoidea) new to BritainBR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST. 22: 147-150.
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
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
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
Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook1 edition, 175pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel)
Species aggregateDipsacus fullonum sens.lat. (teasels)
GenusDipsacus (teasels)
FamilyCAPRIFOLIACEAE (honeysuckles and scabiouses)
OrderDIPSACALES (elder, honeysuckles, valerians, scabiouses and teasels)
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 Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Horn, P.C. 1996 Why does Teasel trap water? BSBI News No. 73: 23.

Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel):

A useful architectural plant for the wildlife garden. The flowers are favoured by bees, the seeds by Goldfinches.

Remember the size of the leaf rosettes when choosing where to put it.

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