Myrtus L.
(myrtle)

Interactions where Myrtus 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
(dead) dead is decayed by Tripospermum dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Tripospermum myrti a sooty mould Capnodiales: Capnodiaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Capnodiaceae/Tripospermum myrti/Tripospermum myrtia sooty mouldTripospermum dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Myrtus/Myrtusmyrtledead Tripospermum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead
leaf (live, sometimes withered) live, sometimes withered leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Pseudocercospora myrticola a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercospora myrticola/Pseudocercospora myrticolaa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyPseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Myrtus/Myrtusmyrtlelive, sometimes witheredleaf amphigenous colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live, sometimes withered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pestalotia coelomycetous anamorph Pestalotiopsis decolorata a myrtle leaf spot Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis decolorata/Pestalotiopsis decolorataa myrtle leaf spotcolonyPestalotia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Myrtus/Myrtusmyrtleliveleaf colony of Pestalotia coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press

Myrtus (myrtle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Myrtus communis
Common Myrtle
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMyrtus (myrtle)
FamilyMYRTACEAE (gums and tea-trees)
OrderMYRTALES (willowherbs, loosestrifes, gums and tea-trees)
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 Myrtus (myrtle)

Myrtus (myrtle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Myrtus (myrtle):

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