Interactions where Blechnum spicant 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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Active Taxon
Active Vernacular
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(dead, decayed)
dead, decayed debris may have fruitbody
Tomentella radiosa a resupinate fungus
Thelephorales: Thelephoraceae
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/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Tomentella radiosa/ Tomentella radiosa a resupinate fungus fruitbody
Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern dead, decayed debris fruitbody may be found 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 todei a minute club fungus fruitbody
Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern dead, decaying debris fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying debris
frond (dead)
dead frond is decayed by basidiome
Cephaloscypha mairei a cyphelloid fungus
Agaricales: Marasmiaceae
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/Marasmiaceae/Cephaloscypha mairei/ Cephaloscypha mairei a cyphelloid fungus basidiome
Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern dead frond basidiome is saprobic on dead frond
frond (live, over-wintered)
live, over-wintered frond is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium
Milesina blechni Hard Fern Rust
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Checklist 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 blechni/ Milesina blechni hard fern rust hypophyllous uredium
Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern live, over-wintered frond Sole
(1-12) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live, over-wintered frond
frond (live, over-wintered)
live, over-wintered frond is spotted by telium
Milesina blechni Hard Fern Rust
Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Checklist 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 blechni/ Milesina blechni hard fern rust telium
Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern live, over-wintered frond Sole
telium causes spots on live, over-wintered frond
leaf (live)
live leaf may have epiphytic epiphyllous thallus
Phycopeltis arundinacea an epiphytic green alga
Trentepohliales: Trentepohliaceae
The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles , John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002
/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Phycopeltis arundinacea/ Phycopeltis arundinacea an epiphytic green alga epiphyllous thallus
Plant / epiphyte UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern live leaf epiphyllous thallus grows on live leaf
stem (dead)
dead stem is decayed by basidiome
Cephaloscypha mairei a cyphelloid fungus
Agaricales: Marasmiaceae
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/Marasmiaceae/Cephaloscypha mairei/ Cephaloscypha mairei a cyphelloid fungus basidiome
Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum spicant/ Blechnum spicant hard fern, hard-fern dead stem basidiome is saprobic on dead stem
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Blechnum spicant (Hard Fern, Hard-fern)
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 18 images of Blechnum spicant (Hard Fern, Hard-fern)
