Ficus carica L.
(Fig)

Interactions where Ficus carica 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').

Filters:

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
		has sap sucked by			Homotoma ficus	Fig Psyllid	Hemiptera: Homotomidae	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain, Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Homotomidae/Homotoma ficus/	Homotoma ficus	fig psyllid					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig								sucks sap of
branch		branch may be infected and damaged by Tubercularia anamorph			Nectria cinnabarina	Coral Spot, Coral-spot Fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria cinnabarina/	Nectria cinnabarina	coral spot, coral-spot fungus				Tubercularia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig			branch				(1-12)	Tubercularia anamorph infects and damages branch
twig (base) (cankered)		cankered twig (base) may be infected and damaged by gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Diaporthe cinerascens	Fig Canker	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe cinerascens/	Diaporthe cinerascens	fig canker		gregarious, immersed	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig		cankered	twig (base)				(spring, summer)	gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages cankered twig (base)
twig (base) (live)		live twig (base) may be infected and damaged by fluffy colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph			Botrytis cinerea	Grey Mould	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis cinerea/	Botrytis cinerea	grey mould		fluffy	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig		live	twig (base)					fluffy colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live twig (base)
twig		twig may be infected and damaged by Tubercularia anamorph			Nectria cinnabarina	Coral Spot, Coral-spot Fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria cinnabarina/	Nectria cinnabarina	coral spot, coral-spot fungus				Tubercularia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig			twig				(1-12)	Tubercularia anamorph infects and damages twig
wood (dead, decayed)		dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody			Auricularia mesenterica	Tripe Fungus	Auriculariales: Auriculariaceae	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/Auriculariales/Auriculariaceae/Auricularia mesenterica/	Auricularia mesenterica	tripe fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus carica/	Ficus carica	fig		dead, decayed	wood					fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 89-93.

Ficus carica (Fig) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ficus
(figs)

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ficus carica (Fig)
Genus	Ficus (figs)
Family	MORACEAE (mulberries, figs)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ficus carica (Fig)

Ficus carica (Fig) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ficus carica (Fig):

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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