Fucus L.
(wracks)

Interactions where Fucus 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
is parasitised by UK/IrelandQuestionable Trailia ascophylli a marine pyrenomycete Microascales: Halosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Halosphaeriaceae/Trailia ascophylli/Trailia ascophyllia marine pyrenomycete Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus/Fucuswracks? parasitises
frond frond is grazed by Minor Patella pellucida form pellucida Blue-rayed Limpet Patellidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella pellucida forma pellucida/Patella pellucida forma pellucidablue-rayed limpet Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus/FucuswracksfrondMinor grazes on frond

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Fucus (wracks) 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
Fucus ceranoides
Horned Wrack
Species 1 references
Fucus cottonii
a brown seaweed
Species 1 references
Fucus serratus
Saw Wrack, Serrated Wrack, Toothed Wrack
Species 13 trophisms 2 references
Fucus spiralis
Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Fucus vesiculosus
Bladder Wrack
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusFucus (wracks)
FamilyFUCACEAE (a family of wracks)
OrderFUCALES (an order of wracks)
ClassPHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
SubphylumPHAEISTA (a subphylum of chromists)
PhylumOCHROPHYTA (a phylum of chromists)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fucus (wracks)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, H. & Wilkinson, M. Pictures to help with identification of Fucus species from the British Isles http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/macroalgae/literature-and-taxonomic-keys.aspx

Fucus (wracks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Zaccaro, A. et al 2004 A new Acremonium species associated with Fucus spp., and its affinity with a phylogenetically distinct marine Emericellopsis clade Stud. Mycol. Vol 50: 283-297.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Fucus (wracks):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 62 images of Fucus (wracks)
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