Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis, 1863
(Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack)

Interactions where Ascophyllum nodosum 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').

Filters:

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
		may have epiphytic			Amathia imbricata	a bryozoan	Ctenostomatida: Vesiculariidae	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa, Ryland, J.S., 1962	/Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Vesiculariidae/Amathia imbricata/	Amathia imbricata	a bryozoan					Plant / epiphyte			/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack					Major			grows on
		is parasitised by			Trailia ascophylli	a marine pyrenomycete	Microascales: Halosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Halosphaeriaceae/Trailia ascophylli/	Trailia ascophylli	a marine pyrenomycete					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack	?							parasitises
receptacle (live)		live receptacle is parasitised by immersed perithecium			Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes, Cotton, A.D., 1907 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	receptacle		Major		(12-)2-5(6)	immersed perithecium parasitises live receptacle
receptacle (live)		live receptacle is parasitised by immersed pycnidium			Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		immersed		pycnidium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	receptacle				(11-)1-5)	immersed pycnidium parasitises live receptacle
thallus (live)		live thallus is parasitised by systemic mycelium			Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli, Webber, F.C., 1967 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stigmidium ascophylli/	Stigmidium ascophylli	a marine ascomycete		systemic		mycelium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		live	thallus		Major			systemic mycelium parasitises live thallus
thallus (old, worn)		old, worn thallus is parasitised by			Orcadia ascophylli	a marine ascomycete	Pezizales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Notes on some Marine Fungi, Wilson, I.M., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Orcadia ascophylli/	Orcadia ascophylli	a marine ascomycete					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Ascophyllum nodosum/	Ascophyllum nodosum	egg rack, knotted wrack, wig rack		old, worn	thallus					parasitises old, worn thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cotton, A.D., 1907	Notes on marine Pyrenomycetes	TBMS Vol 03: 92-99, Pl iv.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996	Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe	reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
Ryland, J.S., 1962	Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa	Field Studies 1(4): 33-51.
Webber, F.C., 1967	Observations on the structure, life history and biology of Mycosphaerella ascophylli	TBMS Vol 50 (4): 583-601.
Wilson, I.M., 1951	Notes on some Marine Fungi	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 540-543.

Ascophyllum nodosum (Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ascophyllum nodosum (Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack)
Family	FUCACEAE (a family of wracks)
Order	FUCALES (an order of wracks)
Class	PHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
Subphylum	PHAEISTA (a subphylum of chromists)
Phylum	OCHROPHYTA (a phylum of chromists)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ascophyllum nodosum is also a member of:
Seaweeds - differentiated, multicellular, marine algae (via Phaeophyceae)
Macrophytes - multi-cellular plants (via Seaweeds)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Seaweeds)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascophyllum nodosum (Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack)

Ascophyllum nodosum (Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHAEOPHYCEAE
(brown seaweeds)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascophyllum nodosum (Egg Rack, Knotted Wrack, Wig Rack):

PHAEOPHYCEAE
(brown seaweeds)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

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