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Chenopodium album L. (Fat-hen)

Suggested Literature

Chenopodium album may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Chenopodium album:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by sporangium Peronospora farinosa - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta chenopodii - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale buff spots with dark borders, up to 1cm diam]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora chenopodii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes greenish brown spots which become pallid]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia equiseti - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, gregarious pycnidium of Chaetodiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Chaetodiplodia caulina - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Chaetoplea calvescens - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium Chaetoplea calvescens - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Amauromyza chenopodivora - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Amauromyza chenopodivora - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972

Chenopodium album may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CHENOPODIACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches and glassworts)
Chenopodium
(goosefoots)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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