Chenopodium album L.
(Fat-hen)

Interactions where Chenopodium album is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Peronospora farinosa a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa/Peronospora farinosaa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henliveMajor sporangium parasitises live
hypocotyl (black, thin) black, thin hypocotyl of seedling may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore Aphanomyces cochlioides a water mould Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae Aphanomyces cochlioides, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces cochlioides/Aphanomyces cochlioidesa water mouldembeddedoospore Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henblack, thinhypocotylseedling embedded oospore infects and damages black, thin hypocotyl of seedling
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Ametastegia equiseti a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia (Ametastegia) equiseti/Ametastegia (Ametastegia) equisetia sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora chenopodii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora chenopodii/Cercospora chenopodiia dematiaceous anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyCercospora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henliveleaf amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph ForeignQuestionable Ramularia macularis (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia macularis/Ramularia macularis(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-hen?liveleaf mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta chenopodii a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta chenopodii/Ascochyta chenopodiia coelomycetemostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henliveleaf (6-8)mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (often stunted, curled) often stunted, curled shoot has sap sucked by densely clustered Foreign Aphis fabae Black Bean Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) fabae/Aphis (Aphis) fabaeblack bean aphiddensely clustered Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henoften stunted, curledshoot (summer)densely clustered sucks sap of often stunted, curled shoot
stem base (necrotic at base) necrotic at base stem base of seedling may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore Aphanomyces cochlioides a water mould Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae Aphanomyces cochlioides, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces cochlioides/Aphanomyces cochlioidesa water mouldembeddedoospore Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-hennecrotic at basestem baseseedling embedded oospore infects and damages necrotic at base stem base of seedling
stem stem may contain larva Restricted Amauromyza chenopodivora a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza chenopodivora/Amauromyza chenopodivoraa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henstemSole larva feeds within stem
stem stem may house puparium Restricted Amauromyza chenopodivora a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza chenopodivora/Amauromyza chenopodivoraa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-henstemSole puparium may be found in stem
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium Neocamarosporium calvescens an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Neocamarosporium calvescens/Neocamarosporium calvescensan ascomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-hendead, blackenedstem (1-3)perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, gregarious pycnidium of Chaetodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Chaetodiplodia caulina a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Chaetodiplodia caulina/Chaetodiplodia caulinaa coelomycetesuperficial, gregariouspycnidiumChaetodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-hendeadstem superficial, gregarious pycnidium of Chaetodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Neocamarosporium calvescens an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Neocamarosporium calvescens/Neocamarosporium calvescensan ascomycetepycnidiumcoelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/Chenopodium albumfat-hendeadstem pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Chenopodium album (Fat-hen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hall, G., 1980Aphanomyces cochlioidesI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 972.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChenopodium album (Fat-hen)
Species aggregateChenopodium album agg. (fat hen)
GenusChenopodium (goosefoots)
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chenopodium album (Fat-hen)

Chenopodium album (Fat-hen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chenopodium album (Fat-hen):

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