Carex appropinquata Schumach.
(Fibrous Tussock-sedge)

Interactions where Carex appropinquata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
(dry, scorched or burnt)		dry, scorched or burnt is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dry, scorched or burnt					(8-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia opizii	Lettuce Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia opizii/	Puccinia opizii	lettuce rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia opizii	Lettuce Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia opizii/	Puccinia opizii	lettuce rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		live						telium parasitises live
(old, blackened)		old, blackened fruit is decayed by long stalked apothecium			Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria aschersoniana/	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		old, blackened		fruit			(end 3-end 5)	long stalked apothecium is saprobic on old, blackened fruit
(old, blackened)		old, blackened fruit is decayed by sporodochium of anamorph			Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria aschersoniana/	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete			sporodochium	anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		old, blackened		fruit			(10-2)	sporodochium of anamorph is saprobic on old, blackened fruit
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Periconia atra	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia atra/	Periconia atra	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dead	leaf				(4-9)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia curta/	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dead	leaf				(1-12)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph			Neottiospora caricina	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Neottiospora caricina/	Neottiospora caricina	a coelomycete		scattered, immersed, amphigenous	pycnidium	Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dead	leaf				(3-8)	scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dry, dead)		dry, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Periconia hispidula	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia hispidula/	Periconia hispidula	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dry, dead	leaf				(1-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, dead leaf
leaf (newly dead)		newly dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf
leaf (often dry, bleached, dead)		often dry, bleached, dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium puccinioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium puccinioides/	Arthrinium puccinioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		often dry, bleached, dead	leaf				(1-)3-5(-12)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia curta/	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex appropinquata/	Carex appropinquata	fibrous tussock-sedge		dead	stem				(1-12)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Carex appropinquata (Fibrous Tussock-sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Carex appropinquata (Fibrous Tussock-sedge)
Genus	Carex (sedges)
Family	CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Subclass	LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Carex appropinquata is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Liliidae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex appropinquata (Fibrous Tussock-sedge)

Carex appropinquata (Fibrous Tussock-sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex appropinquata (Fibrous Tussock-sedge):

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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