Athyrium Roth
(lady ferns)

Interactions where Athyrium 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
frond frond is grazed by larva Major Aneugmenus coronatus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Aneugmenus coronatus/Aneugmenus coronatusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium/Athyriumlady fernsfrondMajor larva grazes on frond
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous ascoma Taphrina athyrii a tongue fungus Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina athyrii/Taphrina athyriia tongue fungusamphigenousascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium/Athyriumlady fernsliveleaf (8-9)amphigenous ascoma infects and damages live leaf
petiole (dead) dead petiole is decayed by subepidermal, splitting the epidermis stroma UK/Ireland Scirrhia aspidiorum an ascomycete Dothideales: Dothideaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Dothideaceae/Scirrhia aspidiorum/Scirrhia aspidioruman ascomycetesubepidermal, splitting the epidermisstroma Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium/Athyriumlady fernsdeadpetiole (5-7)subepidermal, splitting the epidermis stroma is saprobic on dead petiole

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Athyrium (lady ferns) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Athyrium distentifolium
Alpine Lady-fern
Species 1 references
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady Fern, Lady-fern
Species 15 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAthyrium (lady ferns)
FamilyATHYRIACEAE (a family of ferns)
OrderPOLYPODIALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Athyrium (lady ferns)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Jermy, A.C. & McHaffie, H. Athyrium distentifolium, A. distentifolium var. flexile and A. filix-femina Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Athyrium (lady ferns) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Athyrium (lady ferns):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Athyrium (lady ferns)
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