Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop.
(Woolly Thistle)

Interactions where Cirsium eriophorum 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 foodplant of larva			Terellia ruficauda	Red-tailed Thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia ruficauda/	Terellia ruficauda	red-tailed thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Urophora stylata	Spear-thistle Gall-fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/	Urophora stylata	spear-thistle gall-fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle								larva feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live						parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/	Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by aecium			Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/	Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live						aecium parasitises live
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Chaetostomella cylindrica	a gall fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Chaetostomella cylindrica/	Chaetostomella cylindrica	a gall fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Terellia longicauda	Woolly Thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia longicauda/	Terellia longicauda	woolly thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle			capitulum		Sole			larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Terellia winthemi	Welted Thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia winthemi/	Terellia winthemi	welted thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle	?		capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Xyphosia miliaria	Mottled Thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Xyphosia miliaria/	Xyphosia miliaria	mottled thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Confirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph			Phoma cirsii	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/	Phoma cirsii	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	conidioma	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		dead	leaf					sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis cirsii	a coelomycete	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/Phomopsis cirsii/	Phomopsis cirsii	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		dead	leaf				(10-5)	sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun/	Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia jubatskana	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia jubatskana/	Ramularia jubatskana	(an anamorphic fungus)		mainly hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live	leaf					mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/	Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live	leaf		Rare			amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium			Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cnici/	Puccinia cnici	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		live	leaf					amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
root		root is parasitised by underground tuber			Orobanche reticulata	Thistle Broomrape	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche reticulata/	Orobanche reticulata	thistle broomrape		underground	tuber		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle			root		Major			underground tuber parasitises root
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph			Phoma cirsii	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma cirsii/	Phoma cirsii	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	conidioma	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		dead	stem					sometimes in rows conidioma of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis cirsii	a coelomycete	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/Phomopsis cirsii/	Phomopsis cirsii	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium eriophorum/	Cirsium eriophorum	woolly thistle		dead	stem				(10-5)	sometimes in rows pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles	3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cirsium
(thistle)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium
(thistles)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle)
Genus	Cirsium (thistle)
Tribe	Cardueae (“thistles”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cirsium eriophorum is also a member of:
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Cirsium)
Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium - thistles (via Cirsium)
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle)

Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cirsium eriophorum (Woolly Thistle):

Cardueae
(“thistles”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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