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Cirsium vulgare
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)

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Arminghall TG2504Blo' Norton & Betty's Fens TM0178Brisley TF955219Denton, churchyard TM286873Dickleburgh Moor TM1782Holt TG083394Horsey Warren TG4624Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG178175Kelling TG094034Lakenham TG2307Martham, Common Road Smee TG437179Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG206087Scolt Head Island TF8246South Wootton Common TF6523Sutton Fen TG372229Swardeston Carrs TG1902Tacolneston Hall TM1395Wayland Wood, Watton TL9299

Summary

26 records of 12 different species from 18 different sites
Years (# of records): 1933 (1) 1934 (1) 1936 (4) 1937 (1) 1939 (1) 1940 (2) 1945 (1) 1978 (1) 2019 (1) 2020 (1) 2022 (1) 2023 (1) 2024 (7) 2025 (3)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND

Fungal Taxa associated with Cirsium vulgare (12)

Cyathicula cyathoidea (1 record)
Diaporthe arctii (1 record)
Diderma asteroides (1 record)
Leptosphaeria purpurea (1 record)
Nodulosphaeria cirsii (2 records)
Ophiobolus acuminatus (2 records)
Periconia byssoides (1 record)
Podosphaera xanthii (2 records)
Puccinia cnici (12 records)
Puccinia punctiformis (1 record)
Pyrenopeziza carduorum (1 record)
Trichia contorta (1 record)

Record Details

04/06/1933 Puccinia cnici; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
21/05/1934 Puccinia cnici; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
31/05/1936 Diderma asteroides; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; E.A. Ellis
31/05/1936 Ophiobolus acuminatus; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis
31/05/1936 Trichia contorta; [as Trichia contorta var. contorta]; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; stem; E.A. Ellis
01/06/1936 Ophiobolus acuminatus; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis
04/07/1937 Puccinia cnici; Scolt Head Island; TF8246; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
10/08/1939 Puccinia cnici; Horsey Warren; TG4624; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
25/02/1940 Nodulosphaeria cirsii; [as Ophiobolus cirsii]; Lakenham; TG2307; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis
08/09/1940 Puccinia cnici; Arminghall; TG2504; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
15/09/1945 Puccinia cnici; South Wootton Common; TF6523; Cirsium vulgare; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
17/07/1978 Puccinia cnici; Wayland Wood, Watton; TL9299; Cirsium vulgare; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
20/07/2019 Cyathicula cyathoidea; [as Crocicreas cyathoideum]; Blo' Norton & Betty's Fens; TM0178; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; VC26
23/08/2020 Puccinia cnici; Martham, Common Road Smee; TG437179; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
22/04/2022 Puccinia cnici; Brisley; TF955219; Cirsium vulgare; Robert Yaxley; "Examined microscopically"
19/06/2023 Puccinia cnici; Holt; TG083394; Cirsium vulgare; leaf, living; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; "Stage II uredinia"
25/02/2024 Nodulosphaeria cirsii; Swardeston Carrs; TG1902; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
21/04/2024 Puccinia cnici; Tacolneston Hall; TM1395; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
18/05/2024 Leptosphaeria purpurea; Dickleburgh Moor; TM1782; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
18/05/2024 Periconia byssoides; Dickleburgh Moor; TM1782; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
18/05/2024 Pyrenopeziza carduorum; Dickleburgh Moor; TM1782; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright
01/06/2024 Puccinia cnici; Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG178175; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
04/07/2024 Podosphaera xanthii; Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG206087; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
04/04/2025 Diaporthe arctii; Sutton Fen; TG372229; Cirsium vulgare; dead stem; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
28/05/2025 Puccinia punctiformis; Kelling; TG094034; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
06/11/2025 Podosphaera xanthii; Denton, churchyard; TM286873; Cirsium vulgare; living leaf; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Fibrosin bodies absent, hyphal appressoria nipple-shaped"

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