Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch
(Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle)

Interactions where Araucaria araucana 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 aecium Foreign Mikronegeria fagi Southern Beech Rust Fungus Pucciniales: Mikronegeriaceae The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Mikronegeriaceae/Mikronegeria fagi/Mikronegeria fagisouthern beech rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzlelive aecium parasitises live
leaf (dead, attached) dead, attached leaf is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent perithecium UK/IrelandCaptivity Melanospora longisetosa an ascomycete Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae Melanospora pegleri, a new species from fallen Laurus and other leaves in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., Henrici, A. & Kirk, P.M., 1999
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Melanospora longisetosa/Melanospora longisetosaan ascomyceteimmersed, becoming erumpentperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, attachedleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedimmersed, becoming erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead, attached leaf
scale (dead, fallen) dead, fallen scale is decayed by scattered, immersed then erumpent by minute slit pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Phoma araucariae a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma araucariae/Phoma araucariaea coelomycetescattered, immersed then erumpent by minute slitpycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, fallenscaleSole scattered, immersed then erumpent by minute slit pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen scale
scale (dead, fallen) dead, fallen scale is decayed by hysterothecium UK/Ireland Mytilinidion mytilinellum an ascomycete Mytilinidiales: Mytilinidiaceae New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and Islands, Dennis, R.W.G., 1980
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Mytilinidiaceae/Mytilinidion mytilinellum/Mytilinidion mytilinelluman ascomycetehysterothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, fallenscale (10-11)hysterothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen scale
scale (dead, fallen) dead, fallen scale is decayed by scattered, immersed then erumpent by pore or slit, amphigenous, often imperfectly developed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Phomopsis araucariae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis araucariae/Phomopsis araucariaea coelomycetescattered, immersed then erumpent by pore or slit, amphigenous, often imperfectly developedpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, fallenscaleSole (4)scattered, immersed then erumpent by pore or slit, amphigenous, often imperfectly developed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fallen scale
trunk (large) (dead, fallen) dead, fallen trunk (large) is decayed by fruitbody Ischnoderma benzoinum Benzoin Bracket Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae 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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/Ischnoderma benzoinumbenzoin bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, fallentrunk (large) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen trunk (large)
trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by fruitbody Ganoderma adspersum Southern Bracket Polyporales: Ganodermataceae 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/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma adspersum/Ganoderma adspersumsouthern bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledeadtrunk fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk
trunk (dead) dead trunk is decayed by fruitbody Minor Ganoderma applanatum Artist’s Bracket Polyporales: Ganodermataceae 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/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma applanatum/Ganoderma applanatumartist's bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledeadtrunkMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk
trunk (live) live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody Ganoderma adspersum Southern Bracket Polyporales: Ganodermataceae 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/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma adspersum/Ganoderma adspersumsouthern bracketfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzlelivetrunk fruitbody parasitises live trunk
trunk (live) live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody Minor Ganoderma applanatum Artist’s Bracket Polyporales: Ganodermataceae 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/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma applanatum/Ganoderma applanatumartist's bracketfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzlelivetrunkMinor fruitbody parasitises live trunk
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by basidiome Minor Ceraceomyces tessulatus a resupinate fungus Amylocorticiales: Amylocorticiaceae 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/Amylocorticiales/Amylocorticiaceae/Ceraceomyces tessulatus/Ceraceomyces tessulatusa resupinate fungusbasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, decayedwoodMinor basidiome is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Ischnoderma benzoinum Benzoin Bracket Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae 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/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Ischnoderma benzoinum/Ischnoderma benzoinumbenzoin bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, decayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody UK/IrelandMinor Bjerkandera adusta Smoky Bracket Polyporales: Meruliaceae 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, decayedwoodMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1980New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and IslandsKew Bulletin vol 35 (2): 343-361.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hawksworth, D.L., Henrici, A. & Kirk, P.M., 1999Melanospora pegleri, a new species from fallen Laurus and other leaves in the British IslesKew Bulletin Vol 54 (3): 795-799.
Henderson, D.M., 2004The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants35pp, British Mycological Society
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

Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAraucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle)
FamilyARAUCARIACEAE (monkey puzzle)
OrderPINALES (conifers)
ClassPINOPSIDA (conifers)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle)

Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle):

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