Ulex (gorses)

Interactions where Ulex 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Season	Summary
	may have adult	Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/	Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses					(7-)	adult may be found on
	is foodplant of larva	Andrion regensteinense	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Andrion regensteinense/	Andrion regensteinense	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses	?					larva feeds on
	is foodplant of	Polydrusus confluens	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Polydrusus confluens/	Polydrusus confluens	a weevil				Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses						feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona striatellus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona striatellus/	Sitona striatellus	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses						larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Protopirapion atratulum	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protopirapion atratulum/	Protopirapion atratulum	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses						larva feeds on
	is foodplant of pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Microsphaeropsis olivacea	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Microsphaeropsis olivacea/	Microsphaeropsis olivacea	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses						pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
	is galled by	Cuscuta epithymum	Dodder	Solanales: Convolvulaceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta epithymum/	Cuscuta epithymum	dodder				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses				Major		causes gall of
(dead)	dead is decayed by erumpent conidioma of Pseudopatellina coelomycetous anamorph	Pseudopatellina conigena	a coelomycete		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudopatellina conigena/	Pseudopatellina conigena	a coelomycete	erumpent	conidioma	Pseudopatellina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead				erumpent conidioma of Pseudopatellina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead
(fallen, dead)	fallen, dead is decayed by superficial or partly immerse perithecium	Coniochaeta velutina	a pyrenomycete	Coniochaetales: Coniochaetaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Coniochaetales/Coniochaetaceae/Coniochaeta velutina/	Coniochaeta velutina	a pyrenomycete	superficial or partly immerse		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead				superficial or partly immerse perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead
(live)	live may have adult	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(5-9)	adult may be found on live
(live)	live may have male micropter	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Sericothrips staphylinus/	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips			male micropter	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(1-10)	male micropter may be found on live
(live)	live may have female micropter	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Sericothrips staphylinus/	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips			female micropter	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(1-10)	female micropter may be found on live
(live)	live may have female macropter	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Sericothrips staphylinus/	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips			female macropter	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(1-3,5-10,12)	female macropter may be found on live
(live)	live may have male macropter	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Sericothrips staphylinus/	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips			male macropter	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(6,9-10)	male macropter may be found on live
(live)	live may have larva	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Sericothrips staphylinus/	Sericothrips staphylinus	a thrips			larva	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live			(6-9)	larva may be found on live
(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Uromyces pisi-sativi	Pea Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/	Uromyces pisi-sativi	pea rust			telium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live		Minor		telium parasitises live
bark	bark is decayed by effuse colony of Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Camposporium pellucidum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Camposporium pellucidum/	Camposporium pellucidum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			bark			effuse colony of Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on bark
bark	bark is decayed by apothecium	Orbilia xanthostigma	Common Glasscup	Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia xanthostigma/	Orbilia xanthostigma	common glasscup			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			bark		(1-12)	apothecium is saprobic on bark
bark (dead)	dead bark is decayed by colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Menispora ciliata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Menispora ciliata/	Menispora ciliata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	bark			colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead bark
bark (dead)	dead bark is decayed by effuse colony of Acladium anamorph	Botryobasidium conspersum	a resupinate fungus	Cantharellales: Botryobasidiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Botryobasidiaceae/Botryobasidium conspersum/	Botryobasidium conspersum	a resupinate fungus	effuse	colony	Acladium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	bark			effuse colony of Acladium anamorph is saprobic on dead bark
branch (in bark cracks) (dead)	dead branch (in bark cracks) is decayed by just immersed apothecium	Orbilia carpoboloides	a discomycete	Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia carpoboloides/	Orbilia carpoboloides	a discomycete	just immersed		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch (in bark cracks)	Minor	(1-8)	just immersed apothecium is saprobic on dead branch (in bark cracks)
branch wood (dry, hard, decorticate)	dry, hard, decorticate branch wood is decayed by superficial pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Melanomma pulvis-pyrius	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Melanommataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Melanommataceae/Melanomma pulvis-pyrius/	Melanomma pulvis-pyrius	an ascomycete	superficial	pycnidium	Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dry, hard, decorticate	branch wood		(9-5)	superficial pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dry, hard, decorticate branch wood
branch wood (dry, hard, decorticate)	dry, hard, decorticate branch wood is decayed by superficial, often in very large clusters pseudothecium	Melanomma pulvis-pyrius	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Melanommataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Melanommataceae/Melanomma pulvis-pyrius/	Melanomma pulvis-pyrius	an ascomycete	superficial, often in very large clusters		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dry, hard, decorticate	branch wood		(9-5)	superficial, often in very large clusters pseudothecium is saprobic on dry, hard, decorticate branch wood
branch	branch is decayed by erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Valsa ceratosperma	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa ceratosperma/	Valsa ceratosperma	a valsoid pyrenomycete	erumpent	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			branch		(11-3)	erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on branch
branch	branch is decayed by immersed, in groups of about 10 perithecium	Valsa ceratosperma	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa ceratosperma/	Valsa ceratosperma	a valsoid pyrenomycete	immersed, in groups of about 10		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			branch		(11-3)	immersed, in groups of about 10 perithecium is saprobic on branch
branch (dead, burnt, fallen)	dead, burnt, fallen branch is decayed by superficial perithecium	Trichosphaerella decipiens	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Niessliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Niessliaceae/Trichosphaerella decipiens/	Trichosphaerella decipiens	an ascomycete	superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, burnt, fallen	branch			superficial perithecium is saprobic on dead, burnt, fallen branch
branch (dead, cut or fallen)	dead, cut or fallen branch is decayed by stromatic perithecium	Bionectria ralfsii	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Bionectria ralfsii/	Bionectria ralfsii	a pyrenomycete	stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, cut or fallen	branch		(9-1)	stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dead, cut or fallen branch
branch (dead, cut or fallen)	dead, cut or fallen branch is decayed by Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Bionectria ralfsii	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Bionectria ralfsii/	Bionectria ralfsii	a pyrenomycete			Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, cut or fallen	branch		(9-1)	Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, cut or fallen branch
branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back)	dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by stromatic, immersed perithecium	Diatrype stigma	Common Tarcrust	Xylariales: Diatrypaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Diatrype stigma/	Diatrype stigma	common tarcrust	stromatic, immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back	branch		(1-12)	stromatic, immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch
branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back)	dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by widely effused stroma	Diatrype stigma	Common Tarcrust	Xylariales: Diatrypaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Diatrypaceae/Diatrype stigma/	Diatrype stigma	common tarcrust	widely effused		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back	branch		(1-12)	widely effused stroma is saprobic on dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch
branch (dead, decorticate)	dead, decorticate branch is decayed by hysterothecium	Hysterium angustatum	a coffee bean fungus	Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Hysterium angustatum/	Hysterium angustatum	a coffee bean fungus			hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, decorticate	branch		(3-5)	hysterothecium is saprobic on dead, decorticate branch
branch (dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass)	dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass branch is decayed by long slender stalked apothecium	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete	long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass	branch		(4-10)	long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass branch
branch (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen branch is decayed by extensively subiculate apothecium	Tapesia fusca	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Tapesia fusca/	Tapesia fusca	a discomycete	extensively subiculate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, fallen	branch	Minor	(1-12)	extensively subiculate apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch
branch (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen branch is decayed by erumpent, sessile apothecium	Velutarina rufo-olivacea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Velutarina rufo-olivacea/	Velutarina rufo-olivacea	a discomycete	erumpent, sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, fallen	branch		(1-12 (good condition: 8)	erumpent, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen branch
branch (dead, often grey or purple stained)	dead, often grey or purple stained branch is decayed by effuse colony of Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Triposporium elegans	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Asterinales: Asterinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Triposporium elegans/	Triposporium elegans	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, often grey or purple stained	branch		(1-12)	effuse colony of Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often grey or purple stained branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma	Stylodothis puccinioides	an ascomycete	Dothideales: Dothideaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Dothideaceae/Stylodothis puccinioides/	Stylodothis puccinioides	an ascomycete	erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch			erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by hysterothecium	Gloniopsis praelonga	an ascomycete	Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Gloniopsis praelonga/	Gloniopsis praelonga	an ascomycete			hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(1-12)	hysterothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by clustered or linear, subiculate pseudothecium	Camarosporidiella elongata	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Camarosporidiellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Camarosporidiellaceae/Camarosporidiella elongata/	Camarosporidiella elongata	an ascomycete	clustered or linear, subiculate		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch			clustered or linear, subiculate pseudothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium	Lophiostoma angustilabrum	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma angustilabrum/	Lophiostoma angustilabrum	an ascomycete	immersed or semi-immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch	Major	(3-10)	immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia cinerea	Common Grey Disco	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia cinerea/	Mollisia cinerea	common grey disco	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(1-12)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia ligni	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ligni/	Mollisia ligni	a discomycete	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(1-12)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia ventosa	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ventosa/	Mollisia ventosa	a discomycete	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(3-5)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Strossmayeria basitricha	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Strossmayeria basitricha/	Strossmayeria basitricha	a discomycete	effuse	colony	Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch			effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by apothecium	Dematioscypha dematiicola	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Dematioscypha dematiicola/	Dematioscypha dematiicola	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(10-4)	apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Haplographium dematiaceous anamorph	Dematioscypha dematiicola	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Dematioscypha dematiicola/	Dematioscypha dematiicola	a discomycete	effuse	colony	Haplographium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(1-12)	effuse colony of Haplographium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by apothecium	Proliferodiscus pulveraceus	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Proliferodiscus pulveraceus/	Proliferodiscus pulveraceus	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(6-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	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/Diaporthe inaequalis/	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	scattered, subepidermal	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(12-7)	scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by superficial perithecium	Nectria pseudopeziza	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria pseudopeziza/	Nectria pseudopeziza	a pyrenomycete	superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch		(9-4)	superficial perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by superficial or erumpent stroma	Nemania serpens	a stromatic pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania serpens/	Nemania serpens	a stromatic pyrenomycete	superficial or erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch			superficial or erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Geniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Nemania serpens	a stromatic pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Nemania serpens/	Nemania serpens	a stromatic pyrenomycete	effuse	colony	Geniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	branch			effuse colony of Geniculosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (decayed, dead)	decayed, dead branch is decayed by fruitbody	Crepidotus cesatii	Roundspored Oysterling	Agaricales: Inocybaceae	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/Inocybaceae/Crepidotus cesatii/	Crepidotus cesatii	roundspored oysterling			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		decayed, dead	branch			fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould)	fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould branch is decayed by perithecium	Chaetosphaeria inaequalis	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria inaequalis/	Chaetosphaeria inaequalis	a pyrenomycete			perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould	branch		(1-12)	perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould branch
branch (fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould)	fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould branch is decayed by colony of Gonytrichum dematiaceous anamorph	Chaetosphaeria inaequalis	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria inaequalis/	Chaetosphaeria inaequalis	a pyrenomycete		colony	Gonytrichum dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould	branch		(1-12)	colony of Gonytrichum dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead, esp. covered by leaf mould branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Helminthosporium velutinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Helminthosporium velutinum/	Helminthosporium velutinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch			effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by almost entirely immersed or erumpent pseudothecium	Nigrograna fuscidula	an ascomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Nigrograna fuscidula/	Nigrograna fuscidula	an ascomycete	almost entirely immersed or erumpent		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(3-5)	almost entirely immersed or erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Nigrograna fuscidula	an ascomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Nigrograna fuscidula/	Nigrograna fuscidula	an ascomycete		pycnidium	Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(3-5)	pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph	Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa/	Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa	a pyrenomycete		colony	Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(1-12)	colony of Catenularia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by perithecium	Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa/	Chaetosphaeria myriocarpa	a pyrenomycete			perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(1-12)	perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph	Phaeostalagmus cyclosporus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Phaeostalagmus cyclosporus/	Phaeostalagmus cyclosporus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(1-12)	colony of Phaeostalagmus dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by perithecium	Nectria mammoidea var mammoidea	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria mammoidea var. mammoidea/	Nectria mammoidea var. mammoidea	a pyrenomycete			perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(9-5)	perithecium is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Phaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph	Phaeotrichosphaeria britannica	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Xylariales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Phaeotrichosphaeria britannica/	Phaeotrichosphaeria britannica	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Phaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	branch		(9-4)	effuse colony of Phaeotrichosphaeria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
branch (fallen)	fallen branch is decayed by apothecium	Bisporella sulfurina	Sulphur Disco	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Bisporella sulfurina/	Bisporella sulfurina	sulphur disco			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen	branch		(9-2)	apothecium is saprobic on fallen branch
branch (mainly decorticate)	mainly decorticate branch is decayed by superficial or partly immersed apothecium	Durella atrocyanea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Durella atrocyanea/	Durella atrocyanea	a discomycete	superficial or partly immersed		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		mainly decorticate	branch		(12-2)	superficial or partly immersed apothecium is saprobic on mainly decorticate branch
branch (rotting)	rotting branch is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Diplodia ulicis	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia ulicis/	Diplodia ulicis	a coelomycete	immersed	pycnidium	Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotting	branch		(7)	immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on rotting branch
bud	bud is galled by larva	Dasineura ulicis	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura ulicis/	Dasineura ulicis	a gall midge			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			bud			larva causes gall of bud
cambium	cambium may contain larva	Hylastinus obscurus	Gorse Bark Beetle	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hylastinus obscurus/	Hylastinus obscurus	gorse bark beetle			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			cambium			larva feeds within cambium
debris (dead, fallen, rotting)	dead, fallen, rotting debris is decayed by thyriothecium	Microthyrium microscopicum	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 microscopicum/	Microthyrium microscopicum	a fly speck fungus			thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, fallen, rotting	debris		(1-12)	thyriothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting debris
flower (live)	live flower may have larva	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips			larva	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live	flower		(9)	larva may be found on live flower
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Calomicrus circumfusus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Calomicrus circumfusus/	Calomicrus circumfusus	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			leaf			larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Calomicrus circumfusus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Calomicrus circumfusus/	Calomicrus circumfusus	a leaf beetle			imago	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			leaf			imago grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Hypera venusta	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/	Hypera venusta	a weevil				Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			leaf			grazes on leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium	Uromyces pisi-sativi	Pea Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/	Uromyces pisi-sativi	pea rust	mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		live	leaf	Minor		mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
pod	pod may contain larva	Exapion ulicis	Gorse Weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Exapion ulicis/	Exapion ulicis	gorse weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			pod	Sole		larva feeds within pod
pod (unripe)	unripe pod has sap sucked by nymph	Piezodorus lituratus	Gorse Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Pentatomidae	Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild, Hawkins, R.D., 1985 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Piezodorus lituratus/	Piezodorus lituratus	gorse shieldbug			nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		unripe	pod			nymph sucks sap of unripe pod
pod (unripe)	unripe pod has sap sucked by adult	Piezodorus lituratus	Gorse Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Pentatomidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Piezodorus lituratus/	Piezodorus lituratus	gorse shieldbug			adult	Foodplant / sap sucker	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		unripe	pod			adult sucks sap of unripe pod
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult (young)	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle			adult (young)	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			pollen			adult (young) feeds on pollen
root	root is parasitised by underground tuber	Orobanche rapum-genistae	Greater Broomrape	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche rapum-genistae/	Orobanche rapum-genistae	greater broomrape	underground	tuber		Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			root	Major		underground tuber parasitises root
root (dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass)	dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass root is decayed by long slender stalked apothecium	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum pygmaeum/	Lachnum pygmaeum	a discomycete	long slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass	root		(4-10)	long slender stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, esp. burnt and partly buried in soil or matted grass root
spine (dead)	dead spine is decayed by scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	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/Diaporthe inaequalis/	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	scattered, subepidermal	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	spine		(12-7)	scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead spine
spine (rotting)	rotting spine is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Diplodia ulicis	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia ulicis/	Diplodia ulicis	a coelomycete	immersed	pycnidium	Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotting	spine		(7)	immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on rotting spine
stem	stem may contain larva	Phloeotribus rhododactylus	a bark or ambrosia beetle	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Phloeotribus rhododactylus/	Phloeotribus rhododactylus	a bark or ambrosia beetle			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			stem			larva feeds within stem
stem	stem is galled by larva	Stenopterapion scutellare	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion scutellare/	Stenopterapion scutellare	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			stem			larva causes gall of stem
stem	stem is decayed by superficial stroma of ascoma	Daldinia caldariorum	a cramp-ball	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies, Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia caldariorum/	Daldinia caldariorum	a cramp-ball	superficial	stroma	ascoma	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			stem			superficial stroma of ascoma is saprobic on stem
stem	stem is parasitised by haustorium	Cuscuta epithymum	Dodder	Solanales: Convolvulaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta epithymum/	Cuscuta epithymum	dodder		haustorium		Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			stem	Major		haustorium parasitises stem
stem (webbed, live)	webbed, live stem has sap sucked by gregarious adult	Tetranychus lintearius	Gorse Mite	Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae	Gorse Mites and their Predators, Kirby, M., 2005	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus lintearius/	Tetranychus lintearius	gorse mite	gregarious		adult	Foodplant / sap sucker	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		webbed, live	stem	Sole	(-8)	gregarious adult sucks sap of webbed, live stem
stick (decayed, dead)	decayed, dead stick is decayed by fruitbody	Crepidotus cesatii	Roundspored Oysterling	Agaricales: Inocybaceae	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/Inocybaceae/Crepidotus cesatii/	Crepidotus cesatii	roundspored oysterling			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		decayed, dead	stick			fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead stick
twig (small) (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen twig (small) is decayed by erumpent apothecium	Phaeangella ulicis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Phaeangella ulicis/	Phaeangella ulicis	a discomycete	erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, fallen	twig (small)		(2)	erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen twig (small)
twig (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen twig is decayed by erumpent, sessile apothecium	Velutarina rufo-olivacea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Velutarina rufo-olivacea/	Velutarina rufo-olivacea	a discomycete	erumpent, sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, fallen	twig		(1-12 (good condition: 8)	erumpent, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen twig
twig (dead, often grey or purple stained)	dead, often grey or purple stained twig is decayed by effuse colony of Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Triposporium elegans	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Asterinales: Asterinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Triposporium elegans/	Triposporium elegans	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, often grey or purple stained	twig		(1-12)	effuse colony of Triposporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often grey or purple stained twig
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by hysterothecium	Gloniopsis praelonga	an ascomycete	Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Gloniopsis praelonga/	Gloniopsis praelonga	an ascomycete			hysterothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	twig		(1-12)	hysterothecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by immersed perithecium	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe inaequalis/	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	twig		(12-7)	immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead)	dead twig is decayed by scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	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/Diaporthe inaequalis/	Diaporthe inaequalis	a valsoid pyrenomycete	scattered, subepidermal	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	twig		(12-7)	scattered, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
twig (decayed, dead)	decayed, dead twig is decayed by fruitbody	Crepidotus cesatii	Roundspored Oysterling	Agaricales: Inocybaceae	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/Inocybaceae/Crepidotus cesatii/	Crepidotus cesatii	roundspored oysterling			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		decayed, dead	twig			fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead twig
twig (fallen, dead)	fallen, dead twig is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Helminthosporium velutinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Helminthosporium velutinum/	Helminthosporium velutinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen, dead	twig			effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead twig
twig (fallen)	fallen twig is decayed by apothecium	Bisporella sulfurina	Sulphur Disco	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Bisporella sulfurina/	Bisporella sulfurina	sulphur disco			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		fallen	twig		(9-2)	apothecium is saprobic on fallen twig
wood or bark	wood or bark is decayed by effuse colony of Sporidesmium dematiaceous anamorph	Sporidesmium cookei	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Sporidesmium cookei/	Sporidesmium cookei	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Sporidesmium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			wood or bark		(9-5)	effuse colony of Sporidesmium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood or bark
wood	wood is decayed by immersed, often loosely grouped perithecium	Diaporthe eres	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/	Diaporthe eres	a pyrenomycete	immersed, often loosely grouped		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			wood			immersed, often loosely grouped perithecium is saprobic on wood
wood	wood is decayed by immersed perithecium	Diaporthe rudis	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe rudis/	Diaporthe rudis	a pyrenomycete	immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses			wood			immersed perithecium is saprobic on wood
wood (damp, rotting)	damp, rotting wood is decayed by apothecium	Claussenomyces atrovirens	a discomycete	Helotiales: Tympanidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Tympanidaceae/Claussenomyces atrovirens/	Claussenomyces atrovirens	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		damp, rotting	wood		(mostly 4-6)	apothecium is saprobic on damp, rotting wood
wood (dead, often rotten)	dead, often rotten wood is decayed by erumpent perithecium	Chaetosphaeria pulviscula	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria pulviscula/	Chaetosphaeria pulviscula	a pyrenomycete	erumpent		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, often rotten	wood		(10-4)	erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead, often rotten wood
wood (dead, often rotten)	dead, often rotten wood is decayed by colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Chaetosphaeria pulviscula	a pyrenomycete	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria pulviscula/	Chaetosphaeria pulviscula	a pyrenomycete		colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, often rotten	wood		(10-4)	colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often rotten wood
wood (dead, sometimes burnt)	dead, sometimes burnt wood is decayed by superficial perithecium	Coniochaeta ligniaria	a pyrenomycete	Coniochaetales: Coniochaetaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Coniochaetales/Coniochaetaceae/Coniochaeta ligniaria/	Coniochaeta ligniaria	a pyrenomycete	superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead, sometimes burnt	wood		(11-4)	superficial perithecium is saprobic on dead, sometimes burnt wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by effuse colony of Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Camposporium pellucidum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Camposporium pellucidum/	Camposporium pellucidum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood			effuse colony of Camposporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia cinerea	Common Grey Disco	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia cinerea/	Mollisia cinerea	common grey disco	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood		(1-12)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by apothecium	Hyaloscypha leuconica	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha leuconica/	Hyaloscypha leuconica	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood	Minor	(1-12)	apothecium is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Menispora ciliata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Menispora ciliata/	Menispora ciliata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Menispora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood			colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph	Endophragmiella ellisii non sensu Endophragmiella biseptata (Peck) S. Hughes, 1978	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella ellisii non sensu Endophragmiella biseptata (Peck) S. Hughes, 1978/	Endophragmiella ellisii non sensu Endophragmiella biseptata (Peck) S. Hughes, 1978	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood		(9-5)	effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by stroma	Hypoxylon subticinense	a woodwart	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies, Anderson, R., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon subticinense/	Hypoxylon subticinense	a woodwart			stroma	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood	Rare		stroma is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by stroma	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe, Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Xylaria cinerea/	Xylaria cinerea	a stromatic pyrenomycete		stroma		Foodplant / saprobe	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood			stroma is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)	dead wood is decayed by effuse colony of Acladium anamorph	Botryobasidium conspersum	a resupinate fungus	Cantharellales: Botryobasidiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Botryobasidiaceae/Botryobasidium conspersum/	Botryobasidium conspersum	a resupinate fungus	effuse	colony	Acladium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		dead	wood			effuse colony of Acladium anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (decayed, dead)	decayed, dead wood is decayed by fruitbody	Crepidotus cesatii	Roundspored Oysterling	Agaricales: Inocybaceae	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/Inocybaceae/Crepidotus cesatii/	Crepidotus cesatii	roundspored oysterling			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		decayed, dead	wood			fruitbody is saprobic on decayed, dead wood
wood (decorticate)	decorticate wood is decayed by apothecium	Orbilia xanthostigma	Common Glasscup	Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia xanthostigma/	Orbilia xanthostigma	common glasscup			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		decorticate	wood		(1-12)	apothecium is saprobic on decorticate wood
wood (rotten)	rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Actinocladium anamorph	Actinocladium rhodosporum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Actinocladium rhodosporum/	Actinocladium rhodosporum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Actinocladium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotten	wood			effuse colony of Actinocladium anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten)	rotten wood is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia ventosa	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia ventosa/	Mollisia ventosa	a discomycete	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotten	wood		(3-5)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten)	rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph	Mirandina arnaudii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Helotiales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Mirandina arnaudii/	Mirandina arnaudii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotten	wood		(10-12)	effuse colony of Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten)	rotten wood is decayed by apothecium	Orbilia luteorubella	a glasscup	Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia luteorubella/	Orbilia luteorubella	a glasscup			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses		rotten	wood		(4-9)	apothecium is saprobic on rotten wood

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions
Ulex europaeus Gorse, Furze, Whin	Species	103 trophisms
Ulex gallii Western Gorse	Species	4 trophisms
Ulex minor Dwarf Gorse	Species	10 trophisms

Genus	Ulex (gorses)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Humphries, C.J. & Shaughnessy, E.	1987	Gorse	Shire Natural History, 9, 24pp, Shire Publications Ltd.
	Kirchner F. & Bullock, J.M.	1999	Separation of Ulex minor and Ulex gallii	Watsonia 22: 365-376 (1999).

Ulex L.
(gorses)

Interactions where Ulex is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ulex is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anderson, R., 2008	Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies	Field Mycology Vol 9 (2): 41-48.
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Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles	3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
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
Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M., 2011	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe	Mycological Progress Vol 10: 33-52.
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hawkins, R.D., 1985	Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild	Het News No 6: 3.
Kirby, M., 2005	Gorse Mites and their Predators	British Wildlife Vol 16 (5): 314-317.
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
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stace, C., 1997	New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)	Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
Stadler, M., Wollweber, H., Mühlbauer, A., Henkel, T., Asakawa, Y., Hashimoto, T, 2001	Secondary metabolite profiles, genetic fingerprints and taxonomy of Daldinia and allies	Mycotaxon 77: 379-429.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)