Cynosurus cristatus L.
(Crested Dog’S-tail)

Interactions where Cynosurus cristatus 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').

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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
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Blumeria graminis Grass Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/Blumeria graminisgrass mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillive parasitises live
leaf leaf is spotted by colony of Mastigosporium anamorph Mastigosporium album an anamorphic fungus Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host ranges, Bollard, E.G., 1950
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-tailleaf colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (dead, dry) dead, dry leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta cynosuricola a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cynosuricola/Ascochyta cynosuricolaa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taildead, dryleaf (8)pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta subalpina a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta subalpina/Ascochyta subalpinaa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taildeadleaf (6-8)pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia pusilla an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia pusilla/Ramularia pusillaan anamorphic fungusmainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuouscaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-tailliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed stromatic of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Rhynchosporium secalis Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium secalis/Rhynchosporium secalisleaf blotch or scald of grasses - causative organismimmersedstromaticRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-tailliveleaf immersed stromatic of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicolablack stem rusts of wild grassesamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-tailliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
sheath (dead, dry) dead, dry sheath is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta cynosuricola a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cynosuricola/Ascochyta cynosuricolaa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taildead, drysheath (8)pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry sheath
sheath (live) live sheath is spotted by immersed stromatic of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Rhynchosporium secalis Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium secalis/Rhynchosporium secalisleaf blotch or scald of grasses - causative organismimmersedstromaticRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillivesheath immersed stromatic of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live sheath
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicolablack stem rusts of wild grassesuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillivesheath uredium parasitises live sheath
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by telium Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicolablack stem rusts of wild grassestelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillivesheath telium parasitises live sheath
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicolablack stem rusts of wild grassesuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillivestem uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by linear telium Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicolablack stem rusts of wild grasseslineartelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-taillivestem linear telium parasitises live stem

Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog’S-tail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bollard, E.G., 1950Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host rangesTBMS Vol 33 (3+4): 250-264.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog’S-tail)
GenusCynosurus (dog’s-tails)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
SubclassLILIIDAE (monocotyledonous 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 Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog’S-tail)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gateley, P Cynosurus cristatus: Crested Dogstail

Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog’S-tail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog’S-tail):

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