Asparagus officinalis L.
(Asparagus, Garden Asparagus)

Interactions where Asparagus officinalis 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 colony of Fusarium anamorph			Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi Cohen, Brayford, D., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi/	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus								colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages
(live)		live may be infected and damaged by colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorphBotrytis dematiaceous anamorph			Botrytis tulipae	Tulip Fire - causative organism	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis tulipae/	Botrytis tulipae	tulip fire - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorphBotrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		live						colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorphBotrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live
leaf		leaf is foodplant of larva			Crioceris asparagi	Asparagus Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Crioceris asparagi/	Crioceris asparagi	asparagus beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			leaf		Sole		(late 5-10)	larva feeds on leaf
leaf		leaf is foodplant of adult			Crioceris asparagi	Asparagus Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Crioceris asparagi/	Crioceris asparagi	asparagus beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			leaf				(1-12)	adult feeds on leaf
root		root may be infected and damaged by Rhizoctonia anamorph			Helicobasidium purpureum	Violet Root Rot - causative organism	Helicobasidiales: Helicobasidiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			root		Minor			Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root
root (decaying)		decaying root is decayed by superficial or partly immersed cleistocarp			Zopfia rhizophila	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Zopfiaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Zopfiaceae/Zopfia rhizophila/	Zopfia rhizophila	an ascomycete		superficial or partly immersed		cleistocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		decaying	root					superficial or partly immersed cleistocarp is saprobic on decaying root
stem (young) (live)		live stem (young) may be infected and damaged by aecium			Puccinia asparagi	Asparagus Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia asparagi/	Puccinia asparagi	asparagus rust				aecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		live	stem (young)				(5)	aecium infects and damages live stem (young)
stem		stem is foodplant of adult			Crioceris asparagi	Asparagus Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Crioceris asparagi/	Crioceris asparagi	asparagus beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem				(1-12)	adult feeds on stem
stem		stem is foodplant of larva			Crioceris asparagi	Asparagus Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Crioceris asparagi/	Crioceris asparagi	asparagus beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem		Sole		(late 5-10)	larva feeds on stem
stem		stem is mined by gregarious larva			Hexomyza simplex	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990 Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Hexomyza simplex/	Hexomyza simplex	a leaf-mining fly		gregarious		larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem		Sole		(summer)	gregarious larva mines stem
stem		stem may house puparium			Hexomyza simplex	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990 Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Hexomyza simplex/	Hexomyza simplex	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem		Sole			puparium may be found in stem
stem		stem is mined by larva			Plioreocepta poeciloptera	Asparagus Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Plioreocepta poeciloptera/	Plioreocepta poeciloptera	asparagus fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem		Sole			larva mines stem
stem		stem is decayed by immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis asparagi	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 Phomopsis asparagi, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis asparagi/	Phomopsis asparagi	a coelomycete		immersed, then erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			stem					immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on stem
stem (dead, dry)		dead, dry stem is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phlyctaena asparagi	(A Coelomcyete)		British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Phlyctaena asparagi/	Phlyctaena asparagi	(a coelomcyete)		erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		dead, dry	stem					erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by pycnium			Puccinia asparagi	Asparagus Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia asparagi/	Puccinia asparagi	asparagus rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		live	stem				(9-12)	pycnium parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia asparagi	Asparagus Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia asparagi/	Puccinia asparagi	asparagus rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		live	stem				(9-12)	uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by telium			Puccinia asparagi	Asparagus Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia asparagi/	Puccinia asparagi	asparagus rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		live	stem				(9-12)	telium parasitises live stem
stem (old)		old stem may house hibernating adult			Crioceris asparagi	Asparagus Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Crioceris asparagi/	Crioceris asparagi	asparagus beetle				adult	Plant / hibernates / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus		old	stem				(9-spring)	adult hibernates inside old stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Brayford, D., 1996	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi Cohen	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1262.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fox, R.T.V., 2006	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.
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
Punithalingam, E., 1990	Phomopsis asparagi	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1017.
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus, Garden Asparagus) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus, Garden Asparagus)
Genus	Asparagus (asparaguses)
Family	ASPARAGACEAE (hyacinths)
Order	ASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
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 Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus, Garden Asparagus)

Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus, Garden Asparagus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASPARAGACEAE
(hyacinths)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus, Garden Asparagus):

ASPARAGACEAE
(hyacinths)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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