Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
(Moss Campion)

Interactions where Silene acaulis 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').

Filters:

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
anther (live)		live anther is parasitised by			Microbotryum silenes-acaulis	Moss Campion Anther Smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: Molecular analyses reveal further new species, Lutz, M., Piatek, M., Kemler, M., Chlebicki, A. & Oberwinkler, F., 2008	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum silenes-acaulis/	Microbotryum silenes-acaulis	moss campion anther smut					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene acaulis/	Silene acaulis	moss campion		live	anther		Sole			parasitises live anther
capsule		capsule is foodplant of immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis/	Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene acaulis/	Silene acaulis	moss campion			capsule					immersed pseudothecium feeds on capsule
leaf		leaf is foodplant of immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis/	Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene acaulis/	Silene acaulis	moss campion			leaf					immersed pseudothecium feeds on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Pleospora androsaces	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pleospora androsaces/	Pleospora androsaces	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene acaulis/	Silene acaulis	moss campion		dead	leaf				(4)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
shoot tip		shoot tip is galled by larva			Jaapiella alpina	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Jaapiella alpina/	Jaapiella alpina	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene acaulis/	Silene acaulis	moss campion			shoot tip		Sole			larva causes gall of shoot tip

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Lutz, M., Piatek, M., Kemler, M., Chlebicki, A. & Oberwinkler, F., 2008	Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: Molecular analyses reveal further new species	Mycol. Res. Vol 112 (11): 1280-1296.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Silene acaulis (Moss Campion) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)
Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Silene acaulis is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)

Silene acaulis (Moss Campion) 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)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Silene acaulis (Moss Campion):

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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