Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
(White Spruce)

Interactions where Picea glauca 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').

Filters:

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
branch (dead, attached)		dead, attached branch is decayed by erumpent coelomycetous anamorph			Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/	Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete		erumpent		coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		dead, attached	branch				(1-4)	erumpent coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached branch
branch (dead, attached)		dead, attached branch is decayed by erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium			Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/	Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete		erumpent, shortly stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		dead, attached	branch				(5-7)	erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached branch
cone scale		cone scale is parasitised by aecium			Chrysomyxa pyrolata	Wintergreen Rust	Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae	British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Chrysomyxa pyrolata/	Chrysomyxa pyrolata	wintergreen rust				aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce			cone scale					aecium parasitises cone scale
needle (first year) (live)		live needle (first year) is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Chrysomyxa abietis	Spruce Needle Cushion Rust	Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae	Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Chrysomyxa abietis/	Chrysomyxa abietis	spruce needle cushion rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		live	needle (first year)				(3-5)	hypophyllous telium parasitises live needle (first year)
needle (dead)		dead needle is decayed by superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph			Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/	Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism)		superficial, clustered, hypophyllous	pycnidium	Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		dead	needle		Major		(late winter to early spring)	superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle
needle (live, yellow mottled)		live, yellow mottled needle may be infected and damaged by Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph			Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/	Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism)				Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		live, yellow mottled	needle		Major		(mid- to late summer)	Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, yellow mottled needle
twig (dead, attached)		dead, attached twig is decayed by erumpent coelomycetous anamorph			Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/	Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete		erumpent		coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		dead, attached	twig				(1-4)	erumpent coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached twig
twig (dead, attached)		dead, attached twig is decayed by erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium			Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Tryblidiopsis pinastri/	Tryblidiopsis pinastri	a discomycete		erumpent, shortly stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea glauca/	Picea glauca	white spruce		dead, attached	twig				(5-7)	erumpent, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached twig

Author & Year	Title	Source
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Minter, D.W., 1996	Tryblidiopsis pinastri (Pers.: Fr.) P. Karst.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1299.
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978	Chrysomyxa abietis	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Picea glauca (White Spruce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Picea
(spruces)

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Introduced conifers
(conifers grown in Britain, but not native)

Evergreen trees and shrubs
(evergreens)

Trees with bark of low pH
(acid-barked trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Picea glauca (White Spruce)
Genus	Picea (spruces)
Family	PINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
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 Picea glauca (White Spruce)

Picea glauca (White Spruce) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Picea glauca (White Spruce):

Picea
(spruces)

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

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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