Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.
(Japanese Knotweed)

Interactions where Fallopia japonica 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
is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pirottaea nigrostriata a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea nigrostriata/Pirottaea nigrostriataa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweed erumpent apothecium is saprobic on
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Foreign Mycosphaerella a genus of ascomycetes Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella/Mycosphaerellaa genus of ascomycetes Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedliveleaf causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Foreign Puccinia phragmitis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/Puccinia phragmitisa rust fungushypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedliveleaf hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Foreign Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var tovariae Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariae/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariaeuredium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedliveleaf uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Foreign Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var tovariae Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariae/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariaetelium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedliveleaf telium parasitises live leaf
rootstock (dead) dead rootstock is decayed by fruitbody Hemimycena delectabilis a toadstool Agaricales: Mycenaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Hemimycena delectabilis/Hemimycena delectabilisa toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadrootstock fruitbody is saprobic on dead rootstock
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare Mycena arcangeliana Angel’s Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae 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/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena arcangeliana/Mycena arcangelianaangel's bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, decayedstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem
stem (dead, dry, hard) dead, dry, hard stem is decayed by superficial, often in very large clusters pseudothecium Melanomma pulvis-pyrius an ascomycete Pleosporales: Melanommataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Melanommataceae/Melanomma pulvis-pyrius/Melanomma pulvis-pyriusan ascomycetesuperficial, often in very large clusterspseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, dry, hardstem (9-5)superficial, often in very large clusters pseudothecium is saprobic on dead, dry, hard stem
stem (dead, dry, hard) dead, dry, hard stem is decayed by superficial pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Melanomma pulvis-pyrius an ascomycete Pleosporales: Melanommataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Melanommataceae/Melanomma pulvis-pyrius/Melanomma pulvis-pyriusan ascomycetesuperficialpycnidiumAposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, dry, hardstem (9-5)superficial pycnidium of Aposphaeria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry, hard stem
stem (dead, epidermis blackened) dead, epidermis blackened stem is decayed by immersed, loosely gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis polygonorum a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis polygonorum/Phomopsis polygonoruma coelomyceteimmersed, loosely gregariouspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, epidermis blackenedstem (5-8)immersed, loosely gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, epidermis blackened stem
stem (dead, patchily blackened) dead, patchily blackened stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia byssoides a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia byssoides/Periconia byssoidesa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPericonia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddead, patchily blackenedstem effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, patchily blackened stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph Torula herbarum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/Torula herbaruma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTorula dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph Dictyosporium toruloides a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Dictyosporium toruloides/Dictyosporium toruloidesa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyDictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (1-12)effuse colony of Dictyosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by usually immersed pseudothecium Lophiostoma vagabundum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma vagabundum/Lophiostoma vagabunduman ascomyceteusually immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (1-12)usually immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Massarinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Helminthosporium velutinum/Helminthosporium velutinuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyHelminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphion comosum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Dendryphion comosum/Dendryphion comosuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyDendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (1-12)colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph 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/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Strossmayeria atriseda a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Strossmayeria atriseda/Strossmayeria atrisedaa discomyceteeffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Hyaloscypha effugiens a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyaloscypha effugiens/Hyaloscypha effugiensa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (4)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Pleurophragmium parvisporum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Pleurophragmium parvisporum/Pleurophragmium parvisporuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (1-12)effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Phragmocephala atra a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Phragmocephala atra/Phragmocephala atraa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPhragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Phragmocephala elliptica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Phragmocephala elliptica/Phragmocephala ellipticaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (4-10)effuse colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, piercing pycnidium of Amphorula coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Amphorula sachalinensis a coelomycete Annulatascaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Annulatascaceae/Amphorula sachalinensis/Amphorula sachalinensisa coelomycetescattered, subepidermal, piercingpycnidiumAmphorula coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem scattered, subepidermal, piercing pycnidium of Amphorula coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph Chaetosphaeria ovoidea a pyrenomycete Chaetosphaeriales: Chaetosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Chaetosphaeriales/Chaetosphaeriaceae/Chaetosphaeria ovoidea/Chaetosphaeria ovoideaa pyrenomycetecolonyMenispora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (mainly winter)colony of Menispora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Diaporthe pardalota a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe pardalota/Diaporthe pardalotaa pyrenomyceteimmersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (1-8)immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered or in small groups perithecium Gibberella cyanogena Dry Rot Of Potatoes (A causative organism) Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella cyanogena/Gibberella cyanogenadry rot of potatoes (a causative organism)scattered or in small groupsperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (Autumn, Spring)scattered or in small groups perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella biseptata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella biseptata/Endophragmiella biseptataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella boewei a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella boewei/Endophragmiella boeweia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella cesatii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Endophragmiella cesatii/Endophragmiella cesatiia dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyEndophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (5)effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sclerotium-like pycnidium of Chaetoconis coelomycetous anamorph Ceriospora polygonacearum an ascomycete fungus Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Ceriospora polygonacearum/Ceriospora polygonacearuman ascomycete fungussclerotium-likepycnidiumChaetoconis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (3-4)sclerotium-like pycnidium of Chaetoconis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, pseudothecial stroma Ceriospora polygonacearum an ascomycete fungus Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Ceriospora polygonacearum/Ceriospora polygonacearuman ascomycete fungusimmersed, pseudothecialstroma Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem (3-4)immersed, pseudothecial stroma is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Hyphodermella corrugata a resupinate fungus Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae 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/Phanerochaetaceae/Hyphodermella corrugata/Hyphodermella corrugataa resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare Xenosperma ludibundum a resupinate fungus Polyporales: Xenasmataceae 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/Xenasmataceae/Xenosperma ludibundum/Xenosperma ludibunduma resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by hypophyllous fruitbody Efibulobasidium albescens a jelly fungus Sebacinales: Sebacinaceae 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/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Efibulobasidium albescens/Efibulobasidium albescensa jelly fungushypophyllousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweeddeadstem hypophyllous fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (old, dead) old, dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare Peniophora incarnata Rosy Crust Russulales: Peniophoraceae 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/Russulales/Peniophoraceae/Peniophora incarnata/Peniophora incarnatarosy crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedold, deadstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on old, dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?Mycologist Vol 20 (4): 126-129.
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

Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)
GenusFallopia (a genus of knotweeds)
FamilyPOLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
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 Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Booy, O., Wade, M. & White, V. Japanese Knotweed

Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)
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