Euphorbia cyparissias L.
(Cypress Spurge)

Interactions where Euphorbia cyparissias 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').

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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
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgelive pycnium parasitises live
leaf (live, deformed) live, deformed leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous uredium Uromyces scutellatus Cypress Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces scutellatus/Uromyces scutellatuscypress spurge rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgelive, deformedleaf hypophyllous uredium infects and damages live, deformed leaf
leaf (live, deformed) live, deformed leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous telium Uromyces scutellatus Cypress Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces scutellatus/Uromyces scutellatuscypress spurge rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgelive, deformedleaf hypophyllous telium infects and damages live, deformed leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgeliveleaf mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgeliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, evenly scattered aecium Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rusthypophyllous, evenly scatteredaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgeliveleaf (5-6)hypophyllous, evenly scattered aecium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Mycosphaerella euphorbiae an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella euphorbiae/Mycosphaerella euphorbiaean ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgedeadstem (5)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobes apothecium Naeviopsis tithymalina a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Naeviopsis tithymalina/Naeviopsis tithymalinaa discomyceteimmersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobesapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgedeadstem immersed, exposed by overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobes apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subepidermal, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis euphorbiae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis euphorbiae/Phomopsis euphorbiaea coelomycetesubepidermal, gregariouspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgedeadstem (4-6)subepidermal, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/Euphorbia cyparissiascypress spurgelivestem telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
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

Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge)
GenusEuphorbia (spurges)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge)

Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Path

Allen, D.J. 1999 Fungal infection of Cypress Spurge BSBI News Vol 80: 23.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge):

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