Morus alba L.
(White Mulberry)

Interactions where Morus alba 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 pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph			Phoma mororum	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma mororum/	Phoma mororum	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry								pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
branch (dead, dry)		dead, dry branch is decayed by small, covered, then erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph			Cytospora atra	a stromatic coelomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora atra/	Cytospora atra	a stromatic coelomycete		small, covered, then erumpent	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead, dry	branch					small, covered, then erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry branch
branch (dead)		dead branch is decayed by scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)		scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	branch				(9-5)	scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)		dead branch is decayed by Cylindrocarpon anamorph			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)				Cylindrocarpon anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	branch				(9-5)	Cylindrocarpon anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead)		dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)		erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	branch				(9-5)	erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead branch
leaf (dead, fallen, over-wintered)		dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf is spotted by pseudothecium			Mycosphaerella mori	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Mycosphaerella mori, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella mori/	Mycosphaerella mori	an ascomycete				pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead, fallen, over-wintered	leaf		Sole			pseudothecium causes spots on dead, fallen, over-wintered leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella mori	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Mycosphaerella mori, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella mori/	Mycosphaerella mori	an ascomycete			acervulus	Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		live	leaf		Sole		(9-10)	acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
trunk (dead)		dead trunk is decayed by scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)		scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	trunk				(9-5)	scattered or on a stroma in groups of 5 to 30 perithecium is saprobic on dead trunk
trunk (dead)		dead trunk is decayed by Cylindrocarpon anamorph			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)				Cylindrocarpon anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	trunk				(9-5)	Cylindrocarpon anamorph is saprobic on dead trunk
trunk (dead)		dead trunk is decayed by erumpent stroma			Neonectria coccinea	Beech Bark Disease - causative organism	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria coccinea/	Neonectria coccinea	beech bark disease (causative organism)		erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	trunk				(9-5)	erumpent stroma is saprobic on dead trunk
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Camarosporium mori	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Camarosporium mori/	Camarosporium mori	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Morus alba/	Morus alba	white mulberry		dead	wood					pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Punithalingam, E., 1990	Mycosphaerella mori	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1014.

Morus alba (White Mulberry) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Morus (Bot.)
(mulberries)

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Genus	Morus (Bot.) (mulberries)
Family	MORACEAE (mulberries, figs)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
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 Morus alba (White Mulberry)

Morus alba (White Mulberry) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Morus alba (White Mulberry):

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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