The two bryonies are not related but they are both climbers which produce those long skeins of red berries draped over bushes at the end of summer. The leaves are quite distinctive.
White bryony (in flower at the moment) has leaves with five lobes .. .. ..
.. .. .. while black bryony (not yet blooming) has shiny, heart-shaped leaves
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