Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
(Lady Fern, Lady-fern)

Interactions where Athyrium filix-femina 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
has sap sucked by adult Major Bryocoris pteridis Fernbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Bryocoris pteridis Fernbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernMajor nymph sucks sap of
(dead, decayed) dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody Mycena pterigena Ferny Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena pterigena/Mycena pterigenaferny bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-ferndead, decayeddebris fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris
(dead, decayed) dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody Minor Aphanobasidium filicinum a resupinate fungus Agaricales: Pterulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Pterulaceae/Aphanobasidium filicinum/Aphanobasidium filicinuma resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-ferndead, decayeddebrisMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris
(dead, decaying) dead, decaying debris is decayed by fruitbody Typhula todei a minute club fungus Agaricales: Typhulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Typhulaceae/Typhula todei/Typhula todeia minute club fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-ferndead, decayingdebris fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying debris
frond frond is grazed by larva Major Stromboceros delicatulus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Stromboceros delicatulus/Stromboceros delicatulusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernfrondMajor larva grazes on frond
frond frond is grazed by larva Major Strongylogaster macula a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Strongylogaster macula/Strongylogaster maculaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernfrondMajor larva grazes on frond
frond frond is grazed by larva Restricted Strongylogaster mixta a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Strongylogaster mixta/Strongylogaster mixtaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernfrondSole larva grazes on frond
leaf segment (discoloured) discoloured leaf segment is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of Cercosporella anamorph UK/Ireland Cercosporella filicis-feminae an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercosporella filicis-feminae/Cercosporella filicis-feminaean anamorphic fungushypophyllouscolonyCercosporella anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-ferndiscolouredleaf segment hypophyllous colony of Cercosporella anamorph parasitises discoloured leaf segment
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous ascoma Taphrina athyrii a tongue fungus Taphrinales: Taphrinaceae A Taphrina on Dryopteris carthusiana in Slovakia, Bacigálová, K., Mulenko, W. & Prillinger, H. , 2002
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina athyrii/Taphrina athyriia tongue fungusamphigenousascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernliveleaf amphigenous ascoma infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by telium Rare Milesina kriegeriana a fern rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/Milesina kriegerianaa fern rusttelium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernliveleafRare telium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (wet, dead) wet, dead leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, sunken, opening by a pore uredium Rare Milesina kriegeriana a fern rust Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/Milesina kriegerianaa fern rusthypophyllous, sunken, opening by a poreuredium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernwet, deadleafRare hypophyllous, sunken, opening by a pore uredium is saprobic on wet, dead leaf
petiole (base) petiole (base) is decayed by densely clustered, thick-stalked apothecium Allophylaria campanuliformis a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Allophylaria campanuliformis/Allophylaria campanuliformisa discomycetedensely clustered, thick-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernpetiole (base) densely clustered, thick-stalked apothecium is saprobic on petiole (base)
rhachis rhachis may contain larva UK/Ireland Blasticotoma filiceti Foaming Fern-borer Hymenoptera: Blasticotomidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Blasticotomidae/Blasticotoma filiceti/Blasticotoma filicetifoaming fern-borerlarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernrhachis larva feeds within rhachis
stem stem may contain larva Major Heptamelus ochroleucus Pale Shorthorn Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernstemMajor larva feeds within stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bacigálová, K., Mulenko, W. & Prillinger, H. , 2002A Taphrina on Dryopteris carthusiana in SlovakiaMycotaxon Vol 84: 387-390.
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, 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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAthyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern)
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 filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Byfield, A. 2006 Victorian pteridomania - Britain’s fern craze British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 411-18.

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern) 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 filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern, Lady-fern)
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