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The common mistletoe (Viscum album L.) is an evergreen, perennial, epiphytic, hemiparasitic shrub that lives on a wide range of woody plant species. It is native to Europe and is a well-known pathogen, a pharmaceutical plant, and a symbol in mythology (Ochocka and Piotrowski 2002; Zuber 2004, Song et al. 2021).