Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
(Fennel)

Interactions where Foeniculum vulgare 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
(dead) dead is decayed by Microdiplodia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Microdiplodia perpusilla a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Microdiplodia perpusilla/Microdiplodia perpusillaa coelomyceteMicrodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldead Microdiplodia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead
(dead) dead is decayed by colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusariella hughesii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Fusariella hughesii/Fusariella hughesiia dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyFusariella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldead (4-6)colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Foreign Chrysolina banksii a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina banksii/Chrysolina banksiia leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefennelleaf (5-6,9-10)imago grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefennelliveleaf adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefennel?liveleaf (-late 8)larva grazes on live leaf
stem (near base) (dead) dead stem (near base) is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes subuliferus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudospiropes subuliferus/Pseudospiropes subuliferusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (near base) effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (near base)
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, often becoming superficial pseudothecium Plenodomus libanotidis an ascomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Plenodomus libanotidis/Plenodomus libanotidisan ascomyceteimmersed, often becoming superficialpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (5-9)immersed, often becoming superficial pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Pyrenopeziza revincta a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza revincta/Pyrenopeziza revinctaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent, often becoming superficial apothecium Heterosphaeria patella a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Heterosphaeria patella/Heterosphaeria patellaa discomyceteerumpent, often becoming superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (4-9)erumpent, often becoming superficial apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by Heteropatella anamorph Heterosphaeria patella a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Heterosphaeria patella/Heterosphaeria patellaa discomyceteHeteropatella anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (-9)Heteropatella anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Discocistella grevillei a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Discocistella grevillei/Discocistella grevilleia discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (4-8)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Urceolella crispula a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Urceolella crispula/Urceolella crispulaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (5-11)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Belonidium mollissimum a discomycete Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Belonidium mollissimum/Belonidium mollissimuma discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (4-7)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subcuticular to erumpent conidioma of Pseudolachnea coelomycetous anamorph Pseudolachnea hispidula a coelomycete Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudolachnea hispidula/Pseudolachnea hispidulaa coelomycetesubcuticular to erumpentconidiomaPseudolachnea coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (esp. Winter)subcuticular to erumpent conidioma of Pseudolachnea coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by deeply embedded perithecium Mazzantia angelicae a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Mazzantia angelicae/Mazzantia angelicaea pyrenomycetedeeply embeddedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem deeply embedded perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Mazzantia angelicae a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Mazzantia angelicae/Mazzantia angelicaea pyrenomycetepycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (7-4)pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Hydropisphaera arenula/Hydropisphaera arenulaa pyrenomycetesuperficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculateperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (1-12)superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Hypocreales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotrys dichroa/Stachybotrys dichroaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyStachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (4-9)colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Volutella anamorph Volutella ciliata an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Volutella ciliata/Volutella ciliataan anamorphic funguscolonyVolutella anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Foeniculum vulgare/Foeniculum vulgarefenneldeadstem (10-4)colony of Volutella anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFoeniculum vulgare (Fennel)
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
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 Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel)

Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel):

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