Fucus spiralis Linnaeus, 1753
(Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack)

Interactions where Fucus spiralis 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
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph			Alternaria maritima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria maritima/	Alternaria maritima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus spiralis/	Fucus spiralis	flat wrack, spiral wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Scolecobasidium anamorph			Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Scolecobasidium salinum/	Scolecobasidium salinum	a marine anamorphic fungus				Scolecobasidium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus spiralis/	Fucus spiralis	flat wrack, spiral wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Scolecobasidium anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus
thallus (moribund, washed up, moist)		moribund, washed up, moist thallus is decayed by Stemphylium dematiaceous anamorph			Stemphylium maritimum	a marine dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov., Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Stemphylium maritimum/	Stemphylium maritimum	a marine dematiaceous anamorphic fungus				Stemphylium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Fucales/Fucaceae/Fucus spiralis/	Fucus spiralis	flat wrack, spiral wrack		moribund, washed up, moist	thallus					Stemphylium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on moribund, washed up, moist thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Haythorn, J.M., Jones, E.B.G. & Harrison, J.L., 1980	Observations on marine algicolous fungi, including the hyphomycete Sigmoidea marina sp. nov.	TBMS Vol 74 (3): 615-623.

Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fucus
(wracks)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack)
Genus	Fucus (wracks)
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)

Fucus spiralis 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 Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Brown, H. & Wilkinson, M.		Pictures to help with identification of Fucus species from the British Isles	http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/macroalgae/literature-and-taxonomic-keys.aspx

Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Fucus
(wracks)

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 Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack):

Fucus
(wracks)

PHAEOPHYCEAE
(brown seaweeds)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 17 images of Fucus spiralis (Flat Wrack, Spiral Wrack)

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