Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
(Bearberry)

Interactions where Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 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
		may be infected and damaged by			Phytophthora kernoviae	a blight	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Phytophthora ramorum and P. kernoviae in Scotland, MacKinlay, L. & McIntosh, J., 2010	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora kernoviae/	Phytophthora kernoviae	a blight					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry					Major			infects and damages
		is associate of fruitbody			Leccinum vulpinum	Foxy Bolete	Boletales: Boletaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum vulpinum/	Leccinum vulpinum	foxy bolete	Recipient uncertain			fruitbody	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry								fruitbody is associated with
leaf		leaf is parasitised by amphigenous thyriothecium			Lembosina gontardii	an ascomycete	Asterinales: Asterinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Lembosina gontardii/	Lembosina gontardii	an ascomycete		amphigenous		thyriothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry			leaf				(5)	amphigenous thyriothecium parasitises leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Domingoella dematiaceous anamorph			Domingoella arctostaphyli	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Domingoella arctostaphyli/	Domingoella arctostaphyli	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Domingoella dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		dead	leaf				(10)	effuse colony of Domingoella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed, scattered perithecium			Physalospora arctostaphyli	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Hyponectriaceae	Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants, Dennis, R.W.G., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Hyponectriaceae/Physalospora arctostaphyli/	Physalospora arctostaphyli	a pyrenomycete		immersed, scattered		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		dead	leaf					immersed, scattered perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (grey)		grey leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous apothecium			Marthamyces phacidioides	a discomycete	Helotiales: Marthamycetaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Marthamycetaceae/Marthamyces phacidioides/	Marthamyces phacidioides	a discomycete		hypophyllous		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		grey	leaf		Major			hypophyllous apothecium parasitises grey leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by fruitbody			Exobasidium sydowianum	Bearberry Redleaf	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium sydowianum/	Exobasidium sydowianum	bearberry redleaf				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	leaf					fruitbody parasitises live leaf
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius venetus	a toadstool	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	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/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius venetus/	Cortinarius venetus	a toadstool				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry	?	live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius bayeri	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius (Telamonia) bayeri/	Cortinarius (Telamonia) bayeri	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius carabus	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius (Telamonia) carabus/	Cortinarius (Telamonia) carabus	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius floccopus	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius (Telamonia) floccopus/	Cortinarius (Telamonia) floccopus	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius melitosarx	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius (Telamonia) melitosarx/	Cortinarius (Telamonia) melitosarx	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius turgidoides	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius (Telamonia) turgidoides/	Cortinarius (Telamonia) turgidoides	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius albovariegatus	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius albovariegatus/	Cortinarius albovariegatus	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius fusisporus	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius fusisporus/	Cortinarius fusisporus	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius mucifluoides	Purple Stocking Webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius mucifluoides/	Cortinarius mucifluoides	purple stocking webcap	Recipient uncertain			fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Cortinarius suberi	a webcap	Agaricales: Cortinariaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarius suberi/	Cortinarius suberi	a webcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			Suillus variegatus	Velvet Bolete	Boletales: Suillaceae	Notes & Records (Jul 2014), Henrici, A., 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Suillaceae/Suillus variegatus/	Suillus variegatus	velvet bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Arctostaphylos uva-ursi/	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	bearberry		live	root					fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1997	Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants	Kew Bulletin Vol 52 (2): 451-458.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henrici, A., 2014	Notes & Records (Jul 2014)	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 104-107, Rear cover.
Ing, B., 1998	Exobasidium in the British Isles	Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
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
MacKinlay, L. & McIntosh, J., 2010	Phytophthora ramorum and P. kernoviae in Scotland	BSBI News No. 113: 11-12.
Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	Boletes and their allies	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Arctostaphylos
(bearberries)

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Woody plants
(subshrubs)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)
Genus	Arctostaphylos (bearberries)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Henrici, A.	2014	Notes & Records (Jul 2014)	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 104-107, Rear cover.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Associates
Henrici, A.	2014	Notes & Records (Jul 2014)	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 104-107, Rear cover.
Hesling, E. & Taylor, A.F.S.	2013	Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Arctostaphylos uva-ursi in Scotland: Exploring the biogeography of undiscovered fungal communities	Karstenia Vol 53: 39-47.
Mycorrhiza
Taylor, A.S. & Alexander, I.	2005	The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world	Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 102-112.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry):

ERICACEAE
(heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

BioImages

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