Lactuca serriola L.
(Prickly Lettuce)

Interactions where Lactuca serriola 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
is foodplant of larva ForeignRare Campiglossa misella a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Campiglossa misella/Campiglossa misellaa gall flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettuceRare larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./Bremia lactucae s. lat.lettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettuceliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettucelive parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Ensina sonchi Sow-thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/Ensina sonchisow-thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettucecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Trupanea amoena a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea amoena/Trupanea amoenaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettucecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph ForeignQuestionable Mycosphaerella hieracii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella hieracii/Mycosphaerella hieraciian ascomyceteamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettuce?liveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph Microdochium panattonianum Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism Xylariales: Hyponectriaceae Microdochium panattonianum, Sutton, B.C. & Holderness, M., 1991
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Hyponectriaceae/Microdochium panattonianum/Microdochium panattonianumlettuce ringspot disease (causative organism)acervulusMarssonina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / shot hole causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca serriola/Lactuca serriolaprickly lettuceliveleaf acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes shot holes on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Sutton, B.C. & Holderness, M., 1991Microdochium panattonianumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1034.
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
GenusLactuca (lettuces)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Braithwaite, M.E., Ellis, B. & Preston, C.D. 2006 Change in the British Flora 1987-2004 British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 381-390.

Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce):

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