Abies alba Mill.
(European Silver-fir)

Interactions where Abies alba 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').

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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
is foodplant of Trisetacus pini a gall mite Trombidiformes: Phytoptidae Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus pini/Trisetacus pinia gall mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-fir feeds on
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-fir infects and damages
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Milesina dieteliana Polypody Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina dieteliana/Milesina dietelianapolypody rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive aecium parasitises live
(live) live may be infected and damaged by pycnium Milesina scolopendrii Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustpycnium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive pycnium infects and damages live
(live) live may be infected and damaged by aecium Milesina scolopendrii Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustaecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive aecium infects and damages live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Milesina vogesiaca Smooth-spored Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina vogesiaca/Milesina vogesiacasmooth-spored fern rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pynium Milesina vogesiaca Smooth-spored Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina vogesiaca/Milesina vogesiacasmooth-spored fern rustpynium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive pynium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecidium Pucciniastrum goeppertianum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum goeppertianum/Pucciniastrum goeppertianuma rust fungusaecidium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive aecidium parasitises live
bark (dead) dead bark is decayed by scattered, immersed between periderm and cortex, up to 2mm broad stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Leucostoma kunzei a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Leucostoma kunzei/Leucostoma kunzeia pyrenomycetescattered, immersed between periderm and cortex, up to 2mm broadstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadbark (8-10)scattered, immersed between periderm and cortex, up to 2mm broad stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead bark
branch branch of poorly developed tree is parasitised by erumpent, effuse, encrusting stroma Cucurbidothis pithyophila an ascomycete Pleosporales: Cucurbitariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Cucurbitariaceae/Cucurbidothis pithyophila/Cucurbidothis pithyophilaan ascomyceteerumpent, effuse, encrustingstroma Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firbranchpoorly developed tree erumpent, effuse, encrusting stroma parasitises branch of poorly developed tree
branch branch of poorly developed tree is parasitised by stromatic, clustered pseudothecium Cucurbidothis pithyophila an ascomycete Pleosporales: Cucurbitariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Cucurbitariaceae/Cucurbidothis pithyophila/Cucurbidothis pithyophilaan ascomycetestromatic, clusteredpseudothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firbranchpoorly developed tree stromatic, clustered pseudothecium parasitises branch of poorly developed tree
branch (dead, fallen) dead, fallen branch may contain larva ForeignMinor Monochamus sartor a sawyer beetle Coleoptera: Cerambycidae FERA Pest Risk Analysis for Monochamus sartor, Anderson, H., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Monochamus sartor/Monochamus sartora sawyer beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdead, fallenbranchMinor larva feeds within dead, fallen branch
branch (live, sometimes swollen) live, sometimes swollen branch is swollen by Dreyfusia piceae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, sometimes swollenbranch causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch
bud (live) live bud has sap sucked by Dreyfusia nordmannianae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia nordmannianae/Dreyfusia nordmannianaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlivebud sucks sap of live bud
cone (dead) dead cone is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe eres a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/Diaporthe eresa pyrenomyceteerumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadcone erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead cone
leaf (young) (red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached) red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached leaf (young) may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous pycnidium of Sclerophoma coelomycetous anamorph Sydowia polyspora Fir Needle Scorch - causative organism Dothideales: Dothioraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Dothioraceae/Sydowia polyspora/Sydowia polysporafir needle scorch (causative organism)hypophyllouspycnidiumSclerophoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firred-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attachedleaf (young) hypophyllous pycnidium of Sclerophoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached leaf (young)
leaf (young) (red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached) red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached leaf (young) may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous perithecium Sydowia polyspora Fir Needle Scorch - causative organism Dothideales: Dothioraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Dothioraceae/Sydowia polyspora/Sydowia polysporafir needle scorch (causative organism)hypophyllousperithecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firred-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attachedleaf (young) hypophyllous perithecium infects and damages red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached leaf (young)
leaf (live, distorted) live, distorted leaf has sap sucked by Dreyfusia nordmannianae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia nordmannianae/Dreyfusia nordmannianaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, distortedleaf sucks sap of live, distorted leaf
needle needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium Milesina blechni Hard Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina blechni/Milesina blechnihard fern rusthypophyllous, in rows either side of midribaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firneedle hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium parasitises needle
needle needle is parasitised by pycnium Milesina blechni Hard Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina blechni/Milesina blechnihard fern rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firneedle pycnium parasitises needle
needle needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium Milesina blechni Hard Fern Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina blechni/Milesina blechnihard fern rusthypophyllous, in rows either side of midribaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firneedle hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium parasitises needle
needle needle is parasitised by pycnium Milesina kriegeriana a fern rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/Milesina kriegerianaa fern rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firneedle pycnium parasitises needle
needle (dead) dead needle is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe eres a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/Diaporthe eresa pyrenomyceteerumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadneedle erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle
needle (dead) dead needle is decayed by scattered, mainly epiphyllous, bursting through epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora friesii a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora friesii/Cytospora friesiia stromatic coelomycetescattered, mainly epiphyllous, bursting through epidermisstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadneedle (3-5)scattered, mainly epiphyllous, bursting through epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle
needle (locally yellowed) locally yellowed needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, two irregular rows aecium Milesina kriegeriana a fern rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/Milesina kriegerianaa fern rusthypophyllous, two irregular rowsaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlocally yellowedneedle (6-9)hypophyllous, two irregular rows aecium parasitises locally yellowed needle
needle (short, thick, spirally arranged) short, thick, spirally arranged needle is galled by pycnium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/Melampsorella caryophyllacearuma rust funguspycnium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firshort, thick, spirally arrangedneedle pycnium causes gall of short, thick, spirally arranged needle
needle (short, thick, spirally arranged) short, thick, spirally arranged needle is galled by hypophyllous, either side of midrib aecium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/Melampsorella caryophyllacearuma rust fungushypophyllous, either side of midribaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firshort, thick, spirally arrangedneedle (6-8)hypophyllous, either side of midrib aecium causes gall of short, thick, spirally arranged needle
resinous exudate resinous exudate is decayed by apothecium Sarea resinae a discomycete Baeomycetales: Trapeliaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea resinae/Sarea resinaea discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firresinous exudate (1-12)apothecium is saprobic on resinous exudate
resinous exudate resinous exudate is decayed by conidioma of Pycnidiella coelomycetous anamorph Sarea resinae a discomycete Baeomycetales: Trapeliaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Baeomycetales/Trapeliaceae/Sarea resinae/Sarea resinaea discomyceteconidiomaPycnidiella coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firresinous exudate (1-12)conidioma of Pycnidiella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on resinous exudate
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Russula cavipes a brittlegill Russulales: Russulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula cavipes/Russula cavipesa brittlegillfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
shoot (young) (live) live shoot (young) has sap sucked by Dreyfusia nordmannianae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia nordmannianae/Dreyfusia nordmannianaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firliveshoot (young) sucks sap of live shoot (young)
shoot (live, distorted) live, distorted shoot has sap sucked by Dreyfusia piceae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, distortedshoot sucks sap of live, distorted shoot
stem (woody) (live, sometimes swollen) live, sometimes swollen stem (woody) is swollen by Dreyfusia piceae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, sometimes swollenstem (woody) causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody)
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe eres a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/Diaporthe eresa pyrenomyceteerumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadstem erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live, distorted) live, distorted stem has sap sucked by Dreyfusia piceae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, distortedstem sucks sap of live, distorted stem
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Dreyfusia nordmannianae a silver fir adelgid Hemiptera: Adelgidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia nordmannianae/Dreyfusia nordmannianaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlivestem sucks sap of live stem
stem (pale yellow, shorter, thicker, growing vertically upwards) pale yellow, shorter, thicker, growing vertically upwards stem is galled by mycelium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/Melampsorella caryophyllacearuma rust fungusmycelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firpale yellow, shorter, thicker, growing vertically upwardsstem mycelium causes gall of pale yellow, shorter, thicker, growing vertically upwards stem
trunk (dead, fallen) dead, fallen trunk may contain larva ForeignMinor Monochamus sartor a sawyer beetle Coleoptera: Cerambycidae FERA Pest Risk Analysis for Monochamus sartor, Anderson, H., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Monochamus sartor/Monochamus sartora sawyer beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdead, fallentrunkMinor larva feeds within dead, fallen trunk
twig twig of poorly developed tree is parasitised by erumpent, effuse, encrusting stroma Cucurbidothis pithyophila an ascomycete Pleosporales: Cucurbitariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Cucurbitariaceae/Cucurbidothis pithyophila/Cucurbidothis pithyophilaan ascomyceteerumpent, effuse, encrustingstroma Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firtwigpoorly developed tree erumpent, effuse, encrusting stroma parasitises twig of poorly developed tree
twig twig of poorly developed tree is parasitised by stromatic, clustered pseudothecium Cucurbidothis pithyophila an ascomycete Pleosporales: Cucurbitariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Cucurbitariaceae/Cucurbidothis pithyophila/Cucurbidothis pithyophilaan ascomycetestromatic, clusteredpseudothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firtwigpoorly developed tree stromatic, clustered pseudothecium parasitises twig of poorly developed tree
twig twig may be infected and damaged by subiculate pseudothecium UK/Ireland Acanthostigma ellisii non sensu Acanthostigma parasiticum (R. Hartig) Sacc., 1891 an ascomycete Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Acanthostigma ellisii non sensu Acanthostigma parasiticum (R. Hartig) Sacc., 1891/Acanthostigma ellisii non sensu Acanthostigma parasiticum (R. Hartig) Sacc., 1891an ascomycetesubiculatepseudothecium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firtwig (6)subiculate pseudothecium infects and damages twig
twig twig may be infected and damaged by subiculate pseudothecium Nematostoma parasiticum a fungus Pseudoperisporiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pseudoperisporiaceae/Nematostoma parasiticum/Nematostoma parasiticuma fungussubiculatepseudothecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firtwig (6)subiculate pseudothecium infects and damages twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by scattered, bursting through epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora friesii a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora friesii/Cytospora friesiia stromatic coelomycetescattered, bursting through epidermisstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firdeadtwig (3-5)scattered, bursting through epidermis stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by stromatic, crowded perithecium Camarops tubulina a stromatic pyrenomycete Boliniales: Boliniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Boliniales/Boliniaceae/Camarops tubulina/Camarops tubulinaa stromatic pyrenomycetestromatic, crowdedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firrottenwood (5-11)stromatic, crowded perithecium is saprobic on rotten wood
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by superficial or partly immersed stroma Camarops tubulina a stromatic pyrenomycete Boliniales: Boliniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Boliniales/Boliniaceae/Camarops tubulina/Camarops tubulinaa stromatic pyrenomycetesuperficial or partly immersedstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firrottenwood (5-11)superficial or partly immersed stroma is saprobic on rotten wood

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Abies alba (European Silver-fir) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAbies alba (European Silver-fir)
GenusAbies (firs)
FamilyPINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
OrderPINALES (conifers)
ClassPINOPSIDA (conifers)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Abies alba (European Silver-fir)

Abies alba (European Silver-fir) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Abies alba (European Silver-fir):

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