| Affected Part |
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Summary |
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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 |
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is foodplant of larva |
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 |
Anthomyza collini |
an anthomyzid fly |
Diptera: Anthomyzidae |
A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza collini/ | Anthomyza collini | an anthomyzid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
|
|
has sap sucked by adult |
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[Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.] |
cinchbugs |
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus sabuleti agg./ | Ischnodemus sabuleti agg. | cinchbugs | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | | | |
| | adult sucks sap of |
|
|
has sap sucked by nymph |
|
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[Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.] |
cinchbugs |
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae |
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus sabuleti agg./ | Ischnodemus sabuleti agg. | cinchbugs | | | | nymph |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | | | |
| | nymph sucks sap of |
|
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may be infected and damaged by gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
 |
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Ascochyta graminicola |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta graminicola/ | Ascochyta graminicola | a coelomycete | | gregarious, with smoky-brown pore | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | | | |
| (late summer) | gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages |
|
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is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Psathyrella typhae |
a brittlestem |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella typhae/ | Psathyrella typhae | a brittlestem | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on |
| (live) |
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live has sap sucked by |
 |
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Rhopalomyzus lonicerae |
an aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalomyzus (Judenkoa) lonicerae/ | Rhopalomyzus (Judenkoa) lonicerae | an aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | | | |
| (secondary host) | sucks sap of live |
| (live) |
|
live is parasitised by |
|
|
Blumeria graminis |
Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/ | Blumeria graminis | grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew | | | | |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | | | |
| | parasitises live |
| (live) |
|
live is parasitised by telium |
 |
|
Puccinia sessilis |
Lily-of-the-valley, Ramsons and Arum Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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 sessilis/ | Puccinia sessilis | lily-of-the-valley, ramsons and arum rust | | | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | | | Major |
| | telium parasitises live |
| culm |
|
culm is decayed by grouped, at first subepidermal, dark brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Stagonospora arenaria var arenaria |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora arenaria var. arenaria/ | Stagonospora arenaria var. arenaria | a coelomycete | | grouped, at first subepidermal, dark brown | pycnidium | Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | culm | | |
| (5-10) | grouped, at first subepidermal, dark brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on culm |
| culm |
|
culm is decayed by scattered, subiculate, immersed becoming superficial perithecium |
|
|
Lasiosphaeria dactylina |
an ascomycete fungus |
Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae |
Lasiosphaeria dactylina sp.nov., a grass-inhabiting species, Hilber, O. & Webster, J. & Hilber, R., 1987
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Lasiosphaeriaceae/Lasiosphaeria dactylina/ | Lasiosphaeria dactylina | an ascomycete fungus | | scattered, subiculate, immersed becoming superficial | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | culm | | |
| (4-8) | scattered, subiculate, immersed becoming superficial perithecium is saprobic on culm |
| leaf -> sheath |
|
leaf -> sheath is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha denticornis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/ | Cerodontha denticornis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf -> sheath | | Major |
| | larva mines leaf -> sheath |
| leaf (near end of mine) |
|
leaf (near end of mine) may have puparium |
|
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Agromyza albipennis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/ | Agromyza albipennis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf (near end of mine) | | Major |
| | puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine) |
| leaf sheath |
|
leaf sheath may house puparium |
|
|
Cerodontha denticornis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/ | Cerodontha denticornis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf sheath | | Major |
| | puparium may be found in leaf sheath |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Agromyza albipennis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/ | Agromyza albipennis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf-mine | | Major |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Cerodontha incisa |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha incisa/ | Cerodontha incisa | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf-mine | | |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Cerodontha lateralis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha lateralis/ | Cerodontha lateralis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf-mine | | Major |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf? |
|
leaf? is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha incisa |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha incisa/ | Cerodontha incisa | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf? | | |
| | larva mines leaf? |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by solitary larva |
|
|
Agromyza albipennis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/ | Agromyza albipennis | a leaf-mining fly | | solitary | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf | | Major |
| | solitary larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha lateralis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha lateralis/ | Cerodontha lateralis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf | | Major |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
 |
|
Cerodontha phalaridis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha phalaridis/ | Cerodontha phalaridis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Marasmius curreyi |
Grass Parachute |
Agaricales: Marasmiaceae |
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/Marasmiaceae/Marasmius curreyi/ | Marasmius curreyi | grass parachute | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead, decayed | leaf | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed leaf |
| leaf (dead, decaying) |
|
dead, decaying leaf is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Marasmius limosus |
a toadstool |
Agaricales: Marasmiaceae |
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/Marasmiaceae/Marasmius limosus/ | Marasmius limosus | a toadstool | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead, decaying | leaf | | Rare |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Phaeoseptoria phalaridis |
a leaf-spot fungus |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeoseptoria phalaridis/ | Phaeoseptoria phalaridis | a leaf-spot fungus | | numerous, black | pycnidium | Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | leaf | | |
| (9) | numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Arthrinium phaeospermum |
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 phaeospermum/ | Arthrinium phaeospermum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | leaf | | |
| (esp. 7-8) | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (live, distorted) |
|
live, distorted leaf may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
|
|
Ustilago echinata |
Reed Canary-grass Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago echinata/ | Ustilago echinata | reed canary-grass smut | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | leaf | | |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted leaf |
| leaf (live, distorted) |
|
live, distorted leaf may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
|
|
Ustilago striiformis |
Stripe Smut Of Grasses |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/ | Ustilago striiformis | stripe smut of grasses | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | leaf | | Rare |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, punctiform, greyish-white or pale pinkish, linearly arranged caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ramularia collo-cygni |
a hyphomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Ramularia collo-cygni, Sutton, B.C., 1991
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia collo-cygni/ | Ramularia collo-cygni | a hyphomycete | | mostly hypophyllous, punctiform, greyish-white or pale pinkish, linearly arranged | caespituli | Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | leaf | | |
| | mostly hypophyllous, punctiform, greyish-white or pale pinkish, linearly arranged caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
|
|
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 pusilla | an anamorphic fungus | | mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous | caespituli | Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | leaf | | |
| | mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium |
|
|
Puccinia coronata |
Crown Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/ | Puccinia coronata | crown rust | | amphigenous, scattered or in patches | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | leaf | | |
| (summer) | amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium |
|
|
Puccinia coronata |
Crown Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/ | Puccinia coronata | crown rust | | hypophyllous | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | leaf | | |
| (mid 8-) | hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium |
|
|
Puccinia sessilis |
Lily-of-the-valley, Ramsons and Arum 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 sessilis/ | Puccinia sessilis | lily-of-the-valley, ramsons and arum rust | | amphigenous | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live | leaf | | Major |
| | amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf |
| ovary |
|
ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
|
|
Tilletia menieri |
a smut fungus |
Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae |
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/Ustilaginomycetes/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia menieri/ | Tilletia menieri | a smut fungus | | embedded | sorus | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | ovary | | |
| (7-8) | embedded sorus infects and damages ovary |
| sheath (live, distorted) |
|
live, distorted sheath may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
|
|
Ustilago echinata |
Reed Canary-grass Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago echinata/ | Ustilago echinata | reed canary-grass smut | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | sheath | | |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted sheath |
| sheath (live, distorted) |
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live, distorted sheath may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
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Ustilago striiformis |
Stripe Smut Of Grasses |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/ | Ustilago striiformis | stripe smut of grasses | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | sheath | | Rare |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted sheath |
| shoot (live, distorted) |
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live, distorted shoot may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
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Ustilago echinata |
Reed Canary-grass Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago echinata/ | Ustilago echinata | reed canary-grass smut | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | shoot | | |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted shoot |
| shoot (live, distorted) |
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live, distorted shoot may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus |
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Ustilago striiformis |
Stripe Smut Of Grasses |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/ | Ustilago striiformis | stripe smut of grasses | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | live, distorted | shoot | | Rare |
| | embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted shoot |
| stem (base) (dead, decayed, sodden) |
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dead, decayed, sodden stem (base) is decayed by annual, resupinate, drying dark red fruitbody |
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Physisporinus sanguinolentus |
Bleeding Porecrust |
Polyporales: Meripilaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Profiles of Fungi No. 29: Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sow.:Fr.) Imazeki, Pegler, D.N., 1990
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Physisporinus sanguinolentus/ | Physisporinus sanguinolentus | bleeding porecrust | | annual, resupinate, drying dark red | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead, decayed, sodden | stem (base) | | Rare |
| | annual, resupinate, drying dark red fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, sodden stem (base) |
| stem |
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stem is foodplant of |
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Tournotaris bimaculata |
a weevil |
Coleoptera: Erirhinidae |
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/ | Tournotaris bimaculata | a weevil | | | | |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | stem | | |
| | feeds on stem |
| stem |
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stem may contain larva |
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Calameuta filiformis |
Reed Stem Borer |
Hymenoptera: Cephidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cephidae/Calameuta filiformis/ | Calameuta filiformis | reed stem borer | | | | larva |
Foodplant / internal feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | | stem | | |
| | larva feeds within stem |
| stem |
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stem is galled by stroma |
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Epichloe typhina |
Choke |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe typhina/ | Epichloe typhina | choke | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | ? | | stem | | |
| | stroma causes gall of stem |
| stem (dead, decayed) |
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dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody |
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Marasmius curreyi |
Grass Parachute |
Agaricales: Marasmiaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae/Marasmius curreyi/ | Marasmius curreyi | grass parachute | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead, decayed | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by often confluent thyriothecium |
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Morenoina phragmitis |
a fly speck fungus |
Asterinales: Asterinaceae |
The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/ | Morenoina phragmitis | a fly speck fungus | | often confluent | | thyriothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-8) | often confluent thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by pycnothyrium of anamorph |
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Morenoina phragmitis |
a fly speck fungus |
Asterinales: Asterinaceae |
The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina phragmitis/ | Morenoina phragmitis | a fly speck fungus | | | pycnothyrium | anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | stem | | Minor |
| (4-8) | pycnothyrium of anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
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Phaeosphaeria fuckelii |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria fuckelii/ | Phaeosphaeria fuckelii | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
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Arthrinium phaeospermum |
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
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/ | Arthrinium phaeospermum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/ | Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary-grass | | dead | stem | | |
| (esp. 7-8) | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass)
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BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 8 images of Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass)
