Ligustrum vulgare L.
(Wild Privet)

Interactions where Ligustrum vulgare 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 parasitised by			Erysiphe syringae	Lilac Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe syringae/	Erysiphe syringae	lilac mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet								parasitises
		is associate of fruitbody			Geastrum striatum	Striate Earthstar, Striated Earthstar	Geastrales: Geastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum striatum/	Geastrum striatum	striate earthstar, striated earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet								fruitbody is associated with
branch (old, dead, fallen)		old, dead, fallen branch is decayed by fruitbody			Basidioradulum radula	Toothed Crust	Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Schizoporaceae/Basidioradulum radula/	Basidioradulum radula	toothed crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		old, dead, fallen	branch					fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, fallen branch
branch (small, decorticated, fallen)		small, decorticated, fallen branch may have epiphytic fruitbody			Antrodia albida	a bracket fungus	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Antrodia albida/	Antrodia albida	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		small, decorticated, fallen	branch					fruitbody grows on small, decorticated, fallen branch
leaf (older) (live)		live leaf (older) is parasitised by amphigenous mycelium			Erysiphe syringae-japonicae		Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicae, Piatek, M., 2004	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicae/	Erysiphe syringae-japonicae			amphigenous		mycelium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	leaf (older)					amphigenous mycelium parasitises live leaf (older)
leaf (older) (live)		live leaf (older) is parasitised by cleistothecium			Erysiphe syringae-japonicae		Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicae, Piatek, M., 2004	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe syringae-japonicae/	Erysiphe syringae-japonicae					cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	leaf (older)					cleistothecium parasitises live leaf (older)
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Macrophya punctumalbum	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya punctumalbum/	Macrophya punctumalbum	a sawfly		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet			leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by numerous, scattered, epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella ligustri	Privet Leaf Spot - causative organism	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 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/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ligustri/	Mycosphaerella ligustri	privet leaf spot (causative organism)		numerous, scattered, epiphyllous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		fading	leaf				(9-10)	numerous, scattered, epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is foodplant of few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella ligustri	Privet Leaf Spot - causative organism	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ligustri/	Mycosphaerella ligustri	privet leaf spot (causative organism)		few, epiphyllous	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	leaf				(autumn, spring)	few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has leaves shot holed by colony of Thedgonia anamorph			Thedgonia ligustrina	an anamorphic fungus	Helotiales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995 Two parasitic fungi on a new host, Syringa (Oleaceae), Constantinescu, O., Mel'nik, V.A. & Verkley, G.J.M., 2005 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Thedgonia ligustrina/	Thedgonia ligustrina	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Thedgonia anamorph	Foodplant / shot hole causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	leaf					colony of Thedgonia anamorph causes shot holes on live leaf
root (live)		live root is associate of mycelial muff			Morchella esculenta	Morel	Pezizales: Morchellaceae	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda, Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Morchellaceae/Morchella esculenta/	Morchella esculenta	morel			mycelial muff		Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		live	root		Major			mycelial muff is associated with live root
trunk (old, dead, fallen)		old, dead, fallen trunk is decayed by fruitbody			Basidioradulum radula	Toothed Crust	Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Schizoporaceae/Basidioradulum radula/	Basidioradulum radula	toothed crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		old, dead, fallen	trunk					fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, fallen trunk
twig (small) (dead)		dead twig (small) is decayed by gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph			Cytospora pruinosa var ligustri	a stromatic coelomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora pruinosa var. ligustri/	Cytospora pruinosa var. ligustri	a stromatic coelomycete		gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocular	pycnidium	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		dead	twig (small)					gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular or plurilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (small)
twig (dead, attached)		dead, attached twig is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis brachyceras	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 brachyceras/	Phomopsis brachyceras	a coelomycete		immersed, becoming erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		dead, attached	twig				(4-7)	immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached twig
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by resupinate fruitbody			Peniophora cinerea	a resupinate fungus	Russulales: Peniophoraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora cinerea/	Peniophora cinerea	a resupinate fungus		resupinate		fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum vulgare/	Ligustrum vulgare	wild privet		dead	wood					resupinate fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Buscot, F. & Roux, J., 1987	Association between living roots and ascocarps of Morchella rotunda	TBMS Vol 89 (2): 249-252.
Constantinescu, O., Mel'nik, V.A. & Verkley, G.J.M., 2005	Two parasitic fungi on a new host, Syringa (Oleaceae)	Mycotaxon 94: 175-179.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Piatek, M., 2004	First report of powdery mildew infection of Ligustrum caused by Erysiphe syringae-japonicae	New Disease Reports Vol 10.

Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ligustrum
(privets)

OLEACEAE
(olives, privets, ashes, lilacs and forsythias)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet)
Genus	Ligustrum (privets)
Family	OLEACEAE (olives, privets, ashes, lilacs and forsythias)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet)

Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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