Abies procera Rehder
(Noble Fir)

Interactions where Abies procera 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
		may be infected and damaged by			Armillaria	honey fungi	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/	Armillaria	honey fungi					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir								infects and damages
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 pithyophila	an ascomycete		erumpent, effuse, encrusting		stroma	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir			branch	poorly 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 pithyophila	an ascomycete		stromatic, clustered		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir			branch	poorly developed tree				stromatic, clustered pseudothecium parasitises branch of poorly developed tree
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 piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		live, sometimes swollen	branch					causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch
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 polyspora	fir needle scorch (causative organism)		hypophyllous	pycnidium	Sclerophoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached	leaf (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 polyspora	fir needle scorch (causative organism)		hypophyllous	perithecium		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached	leaf (young)					hypophyllous perithecium infects and damages red-brown, then darkening, shrivelled, attached leaf (young)
needle (dead)		dead needle is decayed by superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph			Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/	Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism)		superficial, clustered, hypophyllous	pycnidium	Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		dead	needle				(late winter to early spring)	superficial, clustered, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead needle
needle (live, yellow mottled)		live, yellow mottled needle may be infected and damaged by Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph			Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera Needle Cast - causative organism	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii/	Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii	Rhizosphaera needle cast (causative organism)				Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		live, yellow mottled	needle				(mid- to late summer)	Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, yellow mottled needle
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 piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		live, distorted	shoot					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 piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		live, sometimes swollen	stem (woody)					causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody)
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 piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir		live, distorted	stem					sucks sap of live, distorted stem
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 pithyophila	an ascomycete		erumpent, effuse, encrusting		stroma	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir			twig	poorly 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 pithyophila	an ascomycete		stromatic, clustered		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/	Abies procera	noble fir			twig	poorly developed tree				stromatic, clustered pseudothecium parasitises twig of poorly developed tree

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Abies procera (Noble Fir) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Abies
(firs)

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Introduced conifers
(conifers grown in Britain, but not native)

Evergreen trees and shrubs
(evergreens)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Abies procera (Noble Fir)
Genus	Abies (firs)
Family	PINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
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 Abies procera (Noble Fir)

Abies procera (Noble Fir) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Abies procera (Noble Fir):

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

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