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 '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
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	Beet 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 s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		live			Major			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 cochlioides	a water mould		embedded		oospore	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		black, thin	hypocotyl	seedling				embedded oospore infects and damages black, thin hypocotyl of seedling
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Ametastegia equiseti	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia equiseti/	Ametastegia equiseti	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen			leaf		Major			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 chenopodii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		live	leaf					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			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 hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen	?	live	leaf					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			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 chenopodii	a coelomycete		mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		live	leaf				(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			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) fabae	black bean aphid		densely clustered			Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		often stunted, curled	shoot				(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 cochlioides	a water mould		embedded		oospore	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		necrotic at base	stem base	seedling				embedded oospore infects and damages necrotic at base stem base of seedling
stem		stem may contain larva			Amauromyza chenopodivora	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza chenopodivora/	Amauromyza chenopodivora	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen			stem		Sole			larva feeds within stem
stem		stem may house puparium			Amauromyza chenopodivora	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza chenopodivora/	Amauromyza chenopodivora	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen			stem		Sole			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 calvescens	an ascomycete				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		dead, blackened	stem				(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 caulina	a coelomycete		superficial, gregarious	pycnidium	Chaetodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		dead	stem					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 calvescens	an ascomycete			pycnidium	coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		dead	stem					pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 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., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962	Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hall, G., 1980	Aphanomyces cochlioides	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 972.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
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

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

Chenopodium album agg.
(fat hen)

Chenopodium
(goosefoots)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

’Chenopodiaceae’
(the old Chenopodiaceae)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chenopodium album (Fat-hen)
Species aggregate	Chenopodium album agg. (fat hen)
Genus	Chenopodium (goosefoots)
Family	AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chenopodium album is also a member of:
’Chenopodiaceae’ - the old Chenopodiaceae (via Chenopodium)
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via ’Chenopodiaceae’)

NBN

NBN (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:

Chenopodium
(goosefoots)

AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Chenopodium
(goosefoots)

AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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