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Papaver somniferum
Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy)

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Coltishall Lower Common TG283192Gressenhall Rural Life Museum TF974170How Hill (Ludham) TG3719Neatishead, Threehammer Common TG344197Norwich city TG225104Reepham TG100228Repps-with-Bastwick TG424176Rockland St. Mary, churchyard TG312039Surlingham TG3107

Summary

9 records of 3 different species from 9 different sites
Years (# of records): 1985 (1) 2019 (2) 2021 (1) 2023 (1) 2024 (1) 2025 (3)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND

Fungal Taxa associated with Papaver somniferum (3)

Erysiphe radulescui (1 record)
Golovinomyces orontii (1 record)
Peronospora meconopsidis (7 records)

Record Details

09/07/1985 Peronospora meconopsidis; [as Peronospora arborescens]; Surlingham; TG3107; Papaver somniferum; E.A. Ellis
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as P. arborescens but P. meconopsidis regarded as specific to Papaver somniferum

20/03/2019 Peronospora meconopsidis; [as Peronospora arborescens]; Repps-with-Bastwick; TG424176; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as P. arborescens but P. meconopsidis regarded as specific to Papaver somniferum

25/05/2019 Peronospora meconopsidis; [as Peronospora arborescens]; Coltishall Lower Common; TG283192; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as P. arborescens but P. meconopsidis regarded as specific to Papaver somniferum

22/07/2021 Peronospora meconopsidis; [as Peronospora arborescens]; Neatishead, Threehammer Common; TG344197; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as P. arborescens but P. meconopsidis regarded as specific to Papaver somniferum

28/06/2023 Peronospora meconopsidis; Gressenhall Rural Life Museum; TF974170; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
13/07/2024 Peronospora meconopsidis; How Hill (Ludham); TG3719; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
02/05/2025 Peronospora meconopsidis; Norwich city; TG225104; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; James Emerson; James Emerson; "Examined microscopically. Leaf yellowed but not galled/distorted."
05/07/2025 Erysiphe radulescui; Reepham; TG100228; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Conidia formed singly"
27/08/2025 Golovinomyces orontii; Rockland St. Mary, churchyard; TG312039; Papaver somniferum; living leaf; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett

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