Linum usitatissimum L.
(Flax)

Interactions where Linum usitatissimum 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
seedling may be infected and damaged by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Alternaria linicola a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria linicola/Alternaria linicolaa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxseedling Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages seedling
seedling may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum lini a coelomycete Glomerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum lini/Colletotrichum linia coelomyceteacervulusColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxseedling acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages seedling
seedling may be infected and damaged by Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Colletotrichum linicola a coelomycete Glomerellaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum linicola/Colletotrichum linicolaa coelomyceteColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxseedling Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages seedling
seed spreads or disperses conidium UK/Ireland Colletotrichum linicola a coelomycete Glomerellaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum linicola/Colletotrichum linicolaa coelomyceteconidium Plant / vectorUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxseed conidium is spread or dispersed by seed
(live) live may be infected and damaged by immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Boeremia exigua var linicola a coelomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Boeremia exigua var. linicola/Boeremia exigua var. linicolaa coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlive immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces orontii a polyphagous powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces orontii/Golovinomyces orontiia polyphagous powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Melampsora lini var liniperda a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. liniperda/Melampsora lini var. liniperdaa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Melampsora lini var liniperda a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. liniperda/Melampsora lini var. liniperdaa rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Melampsora lini var liniperda a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. liniperda/Melampsora lini var. liniperdaa rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlive telium parasitises live
(wilted) wilted plant may be infected and damaged by Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Aureobasidium pullulans var lini a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae Observations on Wilt Disease of Flax, Wilson, I.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Aureobasidium pullulans var. lini/Aureobasidium pullulans var. linia dematiaceous anamorphic fungusAureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxwiltedplant Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted plant
(wilted) wilted seedling may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusarium anamorph UK/Ireland Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini (Bolley) Snyder & Hansen, Brayford, D., 1996
Observations on Wilt Disease of Flax, Wilson, I.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. linian anamorphic funguscolonyFusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxwiltedseedling colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages wilted seedling
(wilted) wilted plant may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusarium anamorph UK/Ireland Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini (Bolley) Snyder & Hansen, Brayford, D., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. linian anamorphic funguscolonyFusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxwiltedplant colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages wilted plant
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveflower adult feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveflower (4-7)larva feeds on live flower
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf adult feeds on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf (4-7)larva feeds on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria linicola a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria linicola/Alternaria linicolaa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by aecium Melampsora lini var liniperda a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. liniperda/Melampsora lini var. liniperdaa rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf aecium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is parasitised by haustorium Major Cuscuta epilinum Flax Dodder Solanales: Convolvulaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta epilinum/Cuscuta epilinumflax dodderhaustorium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxstemMajor haustorium parasitises stem
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by sporodochium of Polyspora anamorph Guignardia fulvida an ascomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Guignardia fulvida/Guignardia fulvidaan ascomycetesporodochiumPolyspora anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxlivestem sporodochium of Polyspora anamorph infects and damages live stem
stem (rotting) rotting stem may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta linicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta linicola/Ascochyta linicolaa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxrottingstem pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages rotting stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Brayford, D., 1996Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini (Bolley) Snyder & HansenI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1267.
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stace, C., 1997New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
Wilson, I.M., 1946Observations on Wilt Disease of FlaxTBMS Vol 29 (4): 221-231+IN6.

Linum usitatissimum (Flax) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLinum usitatissimum (Flax)
GenusLinum (flaxes)
FamilyLINACEAE (flaxes)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Linum usitatissimum (Flax)

Linum usitatissimum (Flax) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Linum usitatissimum (Flax):

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