Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
(Sessile Oak)

Interactions where Quercus petraea 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 UK/Ireland Erysiphe alphitoides Oak Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe alphitoides/Erysiphe alphitoidesoak mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oak parasitises
(stunted) stunted acorn is galled by larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Synergus clandestinus an inquilne gall wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Synergus clandestinus/Synergus clandestinusan inquilne gall wasplarva Foodplant / gallRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakstuntedacorn larva causes gall of stunted acorn
bark bark is decayed by transversely elongate or oblong, immersed, then erumpent, imperfectly multiloculate stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusicoccum quercinum a stromatic coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Fusicoccum quercinum/Fusicoccum quercinuma stromatic coelomycetetransversely elongate or oblong, immersed, then erumpent, imperfectly multiloculatestromaFusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakbark (4-5)transversely elongate or oblong, immersed, then erumpent, imperfectly multiloculate stroma of Fusicoccum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on bark
bark bark is parasitised by embedded, stromatic perithecium ForeignRare Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakbarkRare embedded, stromatic perithecium parasitises bark
bark bark is parasitised by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph ForeignRare Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticcryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakbarkRare embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises bark
branch (old, dead, decorticate) old, dead, decorticate branch is decayed by fruitbody ForeignMajor Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakold, dead, decorticatebranchMajor fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate branch
catkin (male) (live) live catkin (male) is galled by sexual larva Minor Andricus foecundatrix f. sexual Hairy-catkin Gall Causer Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus foecundatrix f. sexual/Andricus foecundatrix f. sexualhairy-catkin gall causersexual larva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oaklivecatkin (male)Minor sexual larva causes gall of live catkin (male)
leaf (sucker shoot) (live) live leaf (sucker shoot) is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium UK/Ireland Cronartium quercuum Oak Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004
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/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium quercuum/Cronartium quercuumoak rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakliveleaf (sucker shoot) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf (sucker shoot)
leaf (upper superficial layer) leaf (upper superficial layer) is mined by larva Profenusa pygmaea a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Profenusa pygmaea/Profenusa pygmaeaa sawflylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakleaf (upper superficial layer) larva mines leaf (upper superficial layer)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista albida a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Periclista albida/Periclista albidaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista lineolata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Periclista lineolata/Periclista lineolataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Periclista pubescens a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Periclista pubescens/Periclista pubescensa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Major Gymnopus quercophilus Oak Toughshank Agaricales: Omphalotaceae 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/Agaricales/Omphalotaceae/Gymnopus quercophilus/Gymnopus quercophilusoak toughshankfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdead, fallen, decayedleafMajor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf
leaf (dead, fallen, rotting, greyed) dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf is decayed by amphigenous thyriothecium Microthyrium ilicinum a fly speck fungus Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium ilicinum/Microthyrium ilicinuma fly speck fungusamphigenousthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdead, fallen, rotting, greyedleaf (4-10)amphigenous thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting, greyed leaf
leaf (dead, fallen) dead, fallen leaf is decayed by apothecium Calycellina punctata a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Calycellina punctata/Calycellina punctataa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdead, fallenleaf (7-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen leaf
leaf (live, spun-together) live, spun-together leaf is spun by caterpillar Minor Tortrix viridana Green Oak-tortix, Green Oak Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortrix viridana/Tortrix viridanagreen oak-tortix, green oak tortrixcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oaklive, spun-togetherleafMinor (4-7)caterpillar spins live, spun-together leaf
log (old, dead, decorticate) Major old, dead, decorticate log is decayed by fruitbody ForeignMajor Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakold, dead, decorticatelogMajor fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate log
needle (dead, fallen) dead, fallen needle is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Hydnum umbilicatum Umbilicate Hedgehog Cantharellales: Hydnaceae Three new British records from Scotland, Burnham, A., 2011
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Hydnum umbilicatum/Hydnum umbilicatumumbilicate hedgehogfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdead, fallenneedle fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen needle
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Rheubarbariboletus armeniacus a bolete Boletales: Boletaceae 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/Boletales/Boletaceae/Rheubarbariboletus armeniacus/Rheubarbariboletus armeniacusa boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
stump (old, dead, decorticate) old, dead, decorticate stump is decayed by fruitbody ForeignMajor Xylobolus frustulatus a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Stereaceae Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in Poland, Stasinska, M., 2008
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Xylobolus frustulatus/Xylobolus frustulatusa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakold, dead, decorticatestumpMajor fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead, decorticate stump
trunk (base) (live) live trunk (base) of old, large tree is decayed by fruitbody Major Pseudoinonotus dryadeus Oak Bracket Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Hymenochaetaceae/Pseudoinonotus dryadeus/Pseudoinonotus dryadeusoak bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oaklivetrunk (base)old, large treeMajor fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base) of old, large tree
twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is associate of resupinate, gelatinous fruitbody UK/Ireland Marchandiomyces quercinus a resupinate fungus Corticiales: Corticiaceae New British Records 136: Corticium quercicola Julich, Ainsworth, A.M. & Henrici, A., 1996
Marchandiomyces quercinus distribution and relationships, Legon, N. & Henrici, A., 2015
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Marchandiomyces quercinus/Marchandiomyces quercinusa resupinate fungusresupinate, gelatinousfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdead, attachedtwig (2-5)resupinate, gelatinous fruitbody is associated with dead, attached twig
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by Stroma UK/IrelandMajor Xylaria crozonensis a stromatic pyrenomycete Xylariales: Xylariaceae Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota, Henrici, A., 2016
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria crozonensis/Xylaria crozonensisa stromatic pyrenomyceteStroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/Quercus petraeasessile oakdeadwoodMajor Stroma is saprobic on dead wood

Author & YearTitleSource
Forestry CommissionSweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight
Ainsworth, A.M. & Henrici, A., 1996New British Records 136: Corticium quercicola JulichMycologist Vol 10 (4): 4.
Anon, 2012Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Burnham, A., 2011Three new British records from ScotlandField Mycology Vol 12 (4): 118-121.
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Henderson, D.M., 2004The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants35pp, British Mycological Society
Henrici, A., 2016Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycotaField Mycology Vol 17 (1): 7-11.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N. & Henrici, A., 2015Marchandiomyces quercinus distribution and relationshipsField Mycology Vol 16 (1): 18-22.
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
Stasinska, M., 2008Contribution to chorology of Xylobolus frustulatus in PolandActa Mycologica Vol 43 (2): 167-171 + 2 colour plates.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesQuercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
GenusQuercus (oaks)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest 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 Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Crawley, M. 2005 The Flora of Berkshire 1375pp, Brambleby Books

Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Valentine, D.H. Geographical distribution and isolation in some British ecospecies Dandy, J.E. The Watsonian vice-county system, 9pp, The Study of the Distribution of British Plants

Fungal Associates

O’Hanlon, R. & Harrington, T.J. 2012 Macrofungal diversity and ecology in four Irish forest types FungEcol Vol 05 (5): 499-508.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak):

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