| 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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Odacantha melanura |
a ground beetle |
Coleoptera: Carabidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Odacantha melanura/ | Odacantha melanura | a ground beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
|
|
may have adult |
|
 |
Donacia simplex |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia simplex/ | Donacia simplex | a reed beetle | | | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| (3-9(-11) | adult may be found on |
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is foodplant of larva |
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Anagnota bicolor |
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/Anagnota bicolor/ | Anagnota bicolor | an anthomyzid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
|
|
is foodplant of larva |
|
|
Anthomyza gracilis |
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 gracilis/ | Anthomyza gracilis | an anthomyzid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
|
|
is foodplant of larva |
|
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Stiphrosoma cingulatum |
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/Stiphrosoma cingulatum/ | Stiphrosoma cingulatum | an anthomyzid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | larva feeds on |
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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
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus sabuleti agg./ | Ischnodemus sabuleti agg. | cinchbugs | | | | adult |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | adult sucks sap of |
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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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | nymph sucks sap of |
|
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is decayed by effuse colony of Tetraploa dematiaceous anamorph |
 |
|
Tetraploa scheueri |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tetraploa scheueri/ | Tetraploa scheueri | an ascomycete | | effuse | colony | Tetraploa dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | Major |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Tetraploa dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on |
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is decayed by stalked sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
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Myrothecium masonii |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales: Stachybotryaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotryaceae/Myrothecium masonii/ | Myrothecium masonii | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | stalked | sporodochium | Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | stalked sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on |
|
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is decayed by fruitbody |
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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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on |
| (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody |
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Resinomycena saccharifera |
a toadstool |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
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/Mycenaceae/Resinomycena saccharifera/ | Resinomycena saccharifera | a toadstool | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | | debris | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris |
| (dead, decayed) |
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dead, decayed debris may have fruitbody |
 |
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Tomentella ellisii |
a resupinate fungus |
Thelephorales: Thelephoraceae |
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/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae/Tomentella ellisii/ | Tomentella ellisii | a resupinate fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | | debris | Rare |
| | fruitbody may be found on dead, decayed debris |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by pseudothecium |
|
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Neomassariosphaeria typhicola |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Amniculicolaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Amniculicolaceae/Neomassariosphaeria typhicola/ | Neomassariosphaeria typhicola | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by pseudothecium |
|
|
Pseudomassariosphaeria grandispora |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Amniculicolaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Amniculicolaceae/Pseudomassariosphaeria grandispora/ | Pseudomassariosphaeria grandispora | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by pseudothecium |
|
|
Leptosphaeria albopunctata |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria albopunctata/ | Leptosphaeria albopunctata | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia glyceriicola |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia glyceriicola/ | Periconia glyceriicola | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| (12-4) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Hendersonia epicalamia |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Hendersonia epicalamia/ | Hendersonia epicalamia | a coelomycete | | | | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Stagonospora hysterioides |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora hysterioides/ | Stagonospora hysterioides | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by generally submerged apothecium |
|
|
Mollisia pulla |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia pulla/ | Mollisia pulla | a discomycete | | generally submerged | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| (3-5) | generally submerged apothecium is saprobic on dead |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by Sirozythiella coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Sirozythiella sydowiana |
a coelomycete |
|
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sirozythiella sydowiana/ | Sirozythiella sydowiana | a coelomycete | | | | Sirozythiella coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | | | |
| | Sirozythiella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead |
| (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/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dry, scorched or burnt | | | |
| (8-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt |
| (live) |
|
live has sap sucked by |
|
|
Rhopalosiphum insertum |
Apple-grass Aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum insertum/ | Rhopalosiphum insertum | apple-grass aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (summer) | sucks sap of live |
| (live) |
|
live has sap sucked by |
|
|
Metopolophium dirhodum |
Rose-grain Aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum/ | Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum | rose-grain aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (summer) | sucks sap of live |
| (live) |
|
live may have |
 |
|
Haplothrips hukkineni |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips hukkineni/ | Haplothrips hukkineni | a thrips | | | | |
Plant / resting place / on | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| | may be found on live |
| (live) |
|
live may have male |
|
|
Anaphothrips badius |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Anaphothrips badius/ | Anaphothrips badius | a thrips | | | | male |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (7-9) | male may be found on live |
| (live) |
|
live may have female |
|
|
Anaphothrips badius |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Anaphothrips badius/ | Anaphothrips badius | a thrips | | | | female |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (3,7-9) | female may be found on live |
| (live) |
|
live may have male |
|
|
Stenchaetothrips biformis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Stenchaetothrips biformis/ | Stenchaetothrips biformis | a thrips | | | | male |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (7-8) | male may be found on live |
| (live) |
|
live may have female |
|
|
Stenchaetothrips biformis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Stenchaetothrips biformis/ | Stenchaetothrips biformis | a thrips | | | | female |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | | | |
| (7-8) | female may be found on live |
| culm (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed culm is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Sistotrema subtrigonospermum |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Cantharellales: Hydnaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 128: Sistotrema subtrigonospermum D. P. Rogers, Roberts, P., 1996
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema subtrigonospermum/ | Sistotrema subtrigonospermum | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | culm | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed culm |
| culm (dead, dry) |
|
dead, dry culm is decayed by scattered, covered the piercing, black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Rhabdospora curva |
a coelomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Rhabdospora curva/ | Rhabdospora curva | a coelomycete | | scattered, covered the piercing, black | pycnidium | Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, dry | culm | | |
| (9) | scattered, covered the piercing, black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry culm |
| culm (dead, dry) |
|
dead, dry culm is spotted by black, globose then elongated pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Setoseptoria arundinacea |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lentitheciaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lentitheciaceae/Setoseptoria arundinacea/ | Setoseptoria arundinacea | an ascomycete | | black, globose then elongated | pycnidium | Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, dry | culm | | |
| | black, globose then elongated pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead, dry culm |
| culm (dead) |
|
dead culm is decayed by immersed, scattered or gregarious apothecium |
|
|
Phragmiticola rhopalospermum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Marthamycetaceae |
New British Records 122: Phragmiticola rhopalospermum (Kirscht.) Sherwood, Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Marthamycetaceae/Phragmiticola rhopalospermum/ | Phragmiticola rhopalospermum | a discomycete | | immersed, scattered or gregarious | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | culm | | |
| | immersed, scattered or gregarious apothecium is saprobic on dead culm |
| culm (dead) |
|
dead culm is decayed by effuse colony of Belemnospora dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Belemnospora verruculosa |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Belemnospora verruculosa/ | Belemnospora verruculosa | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Belemnospora dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | culm | | |
| | effuse colony of Belemnospora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead culm |
| culm (dead) |
|
dead culm 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | culm | | Major |
| (esp. 7-8) | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead culm |
| culm (live) |
|
live culm is parasitised by embedded sorus |
|
|
Ustilago grandis |
a smut fungus |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
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/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago grandis/ | Ustilago grandis | a smut fungus | | embedded | | sorus |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | culm | | |
| | embedded sorus parasitises live culm |
| flower stem |
|
flower stem is galled by larva |
|
|
Lipara pullitarsis |
a chloropid fly |
Diptera: Chloropidae |
Characteristics of the galls formed by Lipara pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971 (Diptera, Chloropidae) on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud, 1841), Janicka, A. & Maria Grochowska, M., 2015
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara pullitarsis/ | Lipara pullitarsis | a chloropid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | flower stem | | |
| | larva causes gall of flower stem |
| flower stem |
|
flower stem is galled by larva |
|
|
Lipara rufitarsis |
a chloropid fly |
Diptera: Chloropidae |
Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lipara rufitarsis Loew 1858 (Diptera: Chloropidae), a parasite of the common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.), Grochowska, M., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara rufitarsis/ | Lipara rufitarsis | a chloropid fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | flower stem | | |
| | larva causes gall of flower stem |
| inflorescence |
|
inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sclerotium |
|
|
Claviceps purpurea |
Ergot |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/ | Claviceps purpurea | ergot | | | | sclerotium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | inflorescence | | |
| (9-11) | sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence |
| inflorescence |
|
inflorescence may be infected and damaged by Sphacelia anamorph |
|
|
Claviceps purpurea |
Ergot |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/ | Claviceps purpurea | ergot | | | | Sphacelia anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | inflorescence | | |
| (7) | Sphacelia anamorph infects and damages inflorescence |
| leaf (near base) |
|
leaf (near base) is grazed by clustered adult |
|
|
Donacia clavipes |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia clavipes/ | Donacia clavipes | a reed beetle | | clustered | | adult |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf (near base) | | |
| (late 4-8) | clustered adult grazes on leaf (near base) |
| leaf (near end of mine) |
|
leaf (near end of mine) may have puparium |
 |
|
Agromyza phragmitidis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza phragmitidis/ | Agromyza phragmitidis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf (near end of mine) | | Sole |
| | puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine) |
| leaf (upper surface) |
|
leaf (upper surface) is mined by communal larva |
|
|
Agromyza phragmitidis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza phragmitidis/ | Agromyza phragmitidis | a leaf-mining fly | | communal | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf (upper surface) | | Sole |
| | communal larva mines leaf (upper surface) |
| leaf sheath (dead) |
|
dead leaf sheath is decayed by subepidermal, but splitting epidermis longitudinally stroma |
|
|
Scirrhia rimosa |
an ascomycete |
Dothideales: Dothideaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Dothideaceae/Scirrhia rimosa/ | Scirrhia rimosa | an ascomycete | | subepidermal, but splitting epidermis longitudinally | | stroma |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf sheath | | |
| () | subepidermal, but splitting epidermis longitudinally stroma is saprobic on dead leaf sheath |
| leaf sheath (live) |
|
live leaf sheath is parasitised by long, narrow telium |
|
|
Puccinia magnusiana |
Reed/Buttercup 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 magnusiana/ | Puccinia magnusiana | reed/buttercup rust | | long, narrow | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf sheath | | |
| (7-5) | long, narrow telium parasitises live leaf sheath |
| leaf shoot (young) |
|
young leaf shoot is grazed by adult |
|
|
Plateumaris bracata |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris bracata/ | Plateumaris bracata | a reed beetle | | | | adult |
Foodplant / open feeder | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | young | leaf shoot | | |
| (5-7(-10) | adult grazes on young leaf shoot |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Agromyza phragmitidis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza phragmitidis/ | Agromyza phragmitidis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf-mine | | Sole |
| | 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 | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf-mine | | |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Cerodontha phragmitidis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha phragmitidis/ | Cerodontha phragmitidis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf-mine | | Sole |
| | 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 | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf? | | |
| | larva mines leaf? |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by communal larva |
|
|
Agromyza hendeli |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza hendeli/ | Agromyza hendeli | a leaf-mining fly | | communal | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | communal larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf may have puparium |
|
|
Agromyza hendeli |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza hendeli/ | Agromyza hendeli | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | puparium may be found on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf may have 3 or 4 together ovum |
|
|
Agromyza hendeli |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza hendeli/ | Agromyza hendeli | a leaf-mining fly | | 3 or 4 together | | ovum |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | 3 or 4 together ovum may be found on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha phragmitidis |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha phragmitidis/ | Cerodontha phragmitidis | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | Sole |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Pseudoseptoria donacis |
a coelomycete |
Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Pseudoseptoria donacis/ | Pseudoseptoria donacis | a coelomycete | | immersed, crowded or in rows | pycnidium | Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | |
| (5-7) | immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta leptospora |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora/ | Ascochyta leptospora | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | leaf | | |
| | pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf |
| leaf (dark grey) |
|
dark grey leaf of trampled, stunted may be infected and damaged by Deightoniella dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Deightoniella arundinacea |
a dematiaceous hyphomycete |
Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British marsh and fen fungi. I, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Deightoniella arundinacea/ | Deightoniella arundinacea | a dematiaceous hyphomycete | | | | Deightoniella dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dark grey | leaf | trampled, stunted | |
| (4-10) | Deightoniella dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages dark grey leaf of trampled, stunted |
| 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | leaf | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed leaf |
| leaf (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody |
 |
|
Typhula capitata |
a minute club fungus |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
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/Typhulaceae/Typhula capitata/ | Typhula capitata | a minute club fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | ? | 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decaying | leaf | | Major |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying leaf |
| leaf (dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened) |
|
dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened leaf is decayed by stalked, erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Rutstroemia lindaviana |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Rutstroemia lindaviana/ | Rutstroemia lindaviana | a discomycete | | stalked, erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened | leaf | | |
| (5-9) | stalked, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Botryosphaeria festucae |
an ascomycete |
Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Botryosphaeria festucae/ | Botryosphaeria festucae | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (6-8) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium |
|
|
Mycosphaerella lineolata |
an ascomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella lineolata/ | Mycosphaerella lineolata | an ascomycete | | immersed, linearly arranged | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is spotted by gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Septoria arundinacea |
a leaf-spot fungus |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria arundinacea/ | Septoria arundinacea | a leaf-spot fungus | | gregarious, immersed | pycnidium | Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (summer) | gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium |
|
|
Lichenopeltella nigroannulata |
a fly speck fungus |
Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Lichenopeltella nigroannulata/ | Lichenopeltella nigroannulata | a fly speck fungus | | | | thyriothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| 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/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | 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 digitata |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/ | Periconia digitata | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (mainly winter) | colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia minutissima |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/ | Periconia minutissima | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Hendersonia culmiseda |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Hendersonia culmiseda/ | Hendersonia culmiseda | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-8) | immersed pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides/ | Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by perithecium |
|
|
Tubeufia paludosa |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Tubeufia paludosa/ | Tubeufia paludosa | an ascomycete | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (3-11) | perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph |
|
|
Tubeufia paludosa |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Tubeufia paludosa/ | Tubeufia paludosa | an ascomycete | | effuse | colony | Helicosporium anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (3-11) | effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf may be infected and damaged by superficial colony of Gyrothrix dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Gyrothrix podosperma |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Gyrothrix podosperma/ | Gyrothrix podosperma | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | superficial | colony | Gyrothrix dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | superficial colony of Gyrothrix dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum carneolum var longisporum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum/ | Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-)6-8(-10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | Major |
| (3-8) | erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by conidial anamorph |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | | | conidial anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | Major |
| (11-3+) | conidial anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Apiospora montagnei |
an ascomycete 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/Apiospora montagnei/ | Apiospora montagnei | an ascomycete fungus | | | colony | Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (esp. 7-8) | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by Acremonium anamorph |
|
|
Acremonium alternatum |
an anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Acremonium alternatum/ | Acremonium alternatum | an anamorphic fungus | | | | Acremonium anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | Acremonium anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Myrothecium cinctum |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium cinctum/ | Myrothecium cinctum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | stalked, occasionally sessile | sporodochium | Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | Major |
| (3-5) | stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed, clypeate perithecium |
|
|
Anthostomella punctulata |
a pyrenomycete |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella punctulata/ | Anthostomella punctulata | a pyrenomycete | | immersed, clypeate | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-10) | immersed, clypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed, clypeate perithecium |
|
|
Anthostomella tomicoides |
a pyrenomycete |
Xylariales: Xylariaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella tomicoides/ | Anthostomella tomicoides | a pyrenomycete | | immersed, clypeate | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | leaf | | |
| | immersed, clypeate perithecium 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/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dry, dead | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, dead leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha phragmitophila |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
The British species of Cerodontha Rondani, 1861 subgenus Cerodontha (Diptera, Agromyzidae) including two species new to the British list, Gibbs, D., 2006
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha phragmitophila/ | Cerodontha phragmitophila | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| | larva mines live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf has sap sucked by small to large, densely aggregated colony |
|
|
Hyalopterus pruni |
Mealy Plum Aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Hyalopterus pruni/ | Hyalopterus pruni | mealy plum aphid | | small to large, densely aggregated | | colony |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| (6-8) | small to large, densely aggregated colony sucks sap of live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by amphigenous caespituli of Neoramularia anamorph |
|
|
Neoramularia phragmitis |
|
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Neoramularia phragmitis/ | Neoramularia phragmitis | | | amphigenous | caespituli | Neoramularia anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous caespituli of Neoramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by Spermosporina anamorph |
|
|
Spermosporina graminella |
(A Leaf-spot Fungus) |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina graminella/ | Spermosporina graminella | (a leaf-spot fungus) | | | | Spermosporina anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| | Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, erumpent Utrechtiana dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Utrechtiana cibiessia |
|
|
Fungal Planet description sheets: 69–91, Crous, P.J. et al, 2011
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Utrechtiana cibiessia/ | Utrechtiana cibiessia | | | amphigenous, erumpent | | Utrechtiana dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous, erumpent Utrechtiana dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered uredium |
|
|
Puccinia magnusiana |
Reed/Buttercup 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 magnusiana/ | Puccinia magnusiana | reed/buttercup rust | | amphigenous, scattered | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| (7-5) | amphigenous, scattered uredium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by very small, numerous, often scattered over whole surface telium |
|
|
Puccinia magnusiana |
Reed/Buttercup 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 magnusiana/ | Puccinia magnusiana | reed/buttercup rust | | very small, numerous, often scattered over whole surface | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| (7-5) | very small, numerous, often scattered over whole surface telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by uredium |
|
|
Puccinia phragmitis |
a rust fungus |
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 phragmitis/ | Puccinia phragmitis | a rust fungus | | | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| (7-5) | uredium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by telium |
|
|
Puccinia phragmitis |
a rust fungus |
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 phragmitis/ | Puccinia phragmitis | a rust fungus | | | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | leaf | | |
| (7-5) | telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaves (decayed) |
|
decayed leaves is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Coprinopsis kubickae |
an inkcap |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
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/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinopsis kubickae/ | Coprinopsis kubickae | an inkcap | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | decayed | leaves | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaves |
| rhizome |
|
rhizome may house clustered, in groups of up to 10 cocoon |
|
|
Donacia clavipes |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia clavipes/ | Donacia clavipes | a reed beetle | | clustered, in groups of up to 10 | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | rhizome | | Major |
| | clustered, in groups of up to 10 cocoon may be found among rhizome |
| rhizome |
|
rhizome is foodplant of larva |
|
|
Plateumaris bracata |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris bracata/ | Plateumaris bracata | a reed beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | rhizome | | |
| | larva feeds on rhizome |
| rhizome (dead) |
|
dead rhizome is decayed by conidioma of Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Microdiscula phragmitis |
a coelomycete |
|
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Microdiscula phragmitis/ | Microdiscula phragmitis | a coelomycete | | | conidioma | Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | rhizome | | |
| (6-11) | conidioma of Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead rhizome |
| root |
|
root is foodplant of larva |
|
|
Donacia clavipes |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia clavipes/ | Donacia clavipes | a reed beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | root | | Major |
| (-mid 6) | larva feeds on root |
| sheath |
|
sheath is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Pseudoseptoria donacis |
a coelomycete |
Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Pseudoseptoria donacis/ | Pseudoseptoria donacis | a coelomycete | | immersed, crowded or in rows | pycnidium | Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | sheath | | |
| (5-7) | immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on sheath |
| sheath (dead) |
|
dead sheath is decayed by solitary, erumpent pseudothecium |
|
|
Setoseptoria arundinacea |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lentitheciaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lentitheciaceae/Setoseptoria arundinacea/ | Setoseptoria arundinacea | an ascomycete | | solitary, erumpent | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | sheath | | |
| (7-8) | solitary, erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead sheath |
| sheath (dead) |
|
dead sheath is decayed by erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | sheath | | Major |
| (3-8) | erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead sheath |
| sheath (dead) |
|
dead sheath is decayed by conidial anamorph |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | | | conidial anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | sheath | | Major |
| (11-3+) | conidial anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath |
| stem base |
|
stem base may be infected and damaged by clustered perithecium |
|
|
Gibberella zeae |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella zeae/ | Gibberella zeae | an ascomycete | | clustered | | perithecium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem base | | |
| | clustered perithecium infects and damages stem base |
| stem base |
|
stem base may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph |
|
|
Gibberella zeae |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella zeae/ | Gibberella zeae | an ascomycete | | | | Fusarium anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem base | | |
| | Fusarium anamorph infects and damages stem base |
| stem base (dead, damp) |
|
dead, damp stem base is decayed by subiculate, sessile apothecium |
|
|
Mollisia hydrophila |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia hydrophila/ | Mollisia hydrophila | a discomycete | | subiculate, sessile | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, damp | stem base | | |
| (6-8) | subiculate, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, damp stem base |
| stem base (dead) |
|
dead stem base is decayed by extensively subiculate apothecium |
|
|
Trichobelonium kneiffii |
Reed Mat Disco |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Trichobelonium kneiffii/ | Trichobelonium kneiffii | reed mat disco | | extensively subiculate | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem base | | |
| (5-8) | extensively subiculate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem base |
| stem node (lower) |
|
stem node (lower) may be infected and damaged by clustered perithecium |
|
|
Gibberella zeae |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella zeae/ | Gibberella zeae | an ascomycete | | clustered | | perithecium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem node (lower) | | |
| | clustered perithecium infects and damages stem node (lower) |
| stem node (lower) |
|
stem node (lower) may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph |
|
|
Gibberella zeae |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella zeae/ | Gibberella zeae | an ascomycete | | | | Fusarium anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem node (lower) | | |
| | Fusarium anamorph infects and damages stem node (lower) |
| stem |
|
stem is foodplant of |
|
|
Tournotaris bimaculata |
a weevil |
Coleoptera: Erirhinidae |
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/ | Tournotaris bimaculata | a weevil | | | | |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem | | |
| | feeds on stem |
| stem |
|
stem is galled by larva |
|
|
Lasioptera arundinis |
a gall midge |
Diptera: Cecidomyiidae |
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Lasioptera arundinis/ | Lasioptera arundinis | a gall midge | | | | larva |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | | stem | | |
| | larva causes gall of stem |
| stem (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed stem 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem |
| stem (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Sistotrema subtrigonospermum |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Cantharellales: Hydnaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 128: Sistotrema subtrigonospermum D. P. Rogers, Roberts, P., 1996
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema subtrigonospermum/ | Sistotrema subtrigonospermum | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, decayed | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem |
| stem (dead, locally darkened) |
|
dead, locally darkened stem is decayed by immersed, sometimes in rows pseudothecium |
|
|
Lentithecium lineare |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lentitheciaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lentitheciaceae/Lentithecium lineare/ | Lentithecium lineare | an ascomycete | | immersed, sometimes in rows | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, locally darkened | stem | | |
| | immersed, sometimes in rows pseudothecium is saprobic on dead, locally darkened stem |
| stem (dead, standing) |
|
dead, standing stem is decayed by erumpent, subsessile apothecium |
|
|
Perrotia distincta |
Reed Disco |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Perrotia distincta/ | Perrotia distincta | reed disco | | erumpent, subsessile | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, standing | stem | | |
| (10-11) | erumpent, subsessile apothecium is saprobic on dead, standing stem |
| stem (dead, standing) |
|
dead, standing stem is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Dendrothele sasae |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Corticiales: Corticiaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 213: Dendrothele sasae, Roberts, P.J., 2002
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Dendrothele sasae/ | Dendrothele sasae | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, standing | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing stem |
| stem (dead, standing) |
|
dead, standing stem may have epiphytic fruitbody |
|
|
Acanthobasidium delicatum |
a basidiomycete |
Russulales: Stereaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 127: Acanthobasidium phragmitis Boidin, Lanquetin, Candoussau, Gilles & Hugueney, Roberts, P., 1996
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Acanthobasidium delicatum/ | Acanthobasidium delicatum | a basidiomycete | | | | fruitbody |
Plant / epiphyte | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, standing | stem | | |
| | fruitbody grows on dead, standing stem |
| stem (dead, submerged) |
|
dead, submerged stem is decayed by immersed then erumpent, black, shining pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Stagonospora elegans |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora elegans/ | Stagonospora elegans | a coelomycete | | immersed then erumpent, black, shining | pycnidium | Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, submerged | stem | | |
| (4-8) | immersed then erumpent, black, shining pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, submerged stem |
| stem (dead, submerged) |
|
dead, submerged stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Belonium excelsior |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Niptera Fr. versus Belonopsis Rehm, Dennis, R.W.G., 1972
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Belonium excelsior/ | Belonium excelsior | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, submerged | stem | | |
| (10-5) | apothecium is saprobic on dead, submerged stem |
| stem (dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened) |
|
dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened stem is decayed by stalked, erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Rutstroemia lindaviana |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Rutstroemia lindaviana/ | Rutstroemia lindaviana | a discomycete | | stalked, erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened | stem | | |
| (5-9) | stalked, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened stem |
| stem (dead, wet) |
|
dead, wet stem is decayed by embedded pseudothecium |
|
|
Wettsteinina niesslii |
an ascomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Wettsteinina niesslii/ | Wettsteinina niesslii | an ascomycete | | embedded | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead, wet | stem | | |
| (2) | embedded pseudothecium is saprobic on dead, wet stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem may house nest |
|
|
Heriades rubicola |
Small-headed Resin Bee |
Hymenoptera: Megachilidae |
Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/ | Heriades rubicola | small-headed resin bee | | | | nest |
Plant / resting place / within | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | nest may be found in dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by Myrmecridium dematiacous anamorph |
|
|
Myrmecridium phragmitis |
|
|
Fungal Planet description sheets: 92–106, Crous, P.W. et al, 2011
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Myrmecridium phragmitis/ | Myrmecridium phragmitis | | | | | Myrmecridium dematiacous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | Myrmecridium dematiacous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by subepidermal, aggregated, linearly stromatic, splitting the epidermis conidioma of Cytoplacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Cytoplacosphaeria rimosa |
a coelomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cytoplacosphaeria rimosa/ | Cytoplacosphaeria rimosa | a coelomycete | | subepidermal, aggregated, linearly stromatic, splitting the epidermis | conidioma | Cytoplacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | subepidermal, aggregated, linearly stromatic, splitting the epidermis conidioma of Cytoplacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Botryosphaeria festucae |
an ascomycete |
Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Botryosphaeria festucae/ | Botryosphaeria festucae | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (6-8) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Camarosporium feurichii |
a coelomycete |
Botryosphaeriales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Camarosporium feurichii/ | Camarosporium feurichii | a coelomycete | | erumpent | pycnidium | Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-10) | erumpent pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by often confluent thyriothecium |
|
|
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
|
/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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (4-8) | often confluent thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by pycnothyrium of anamorph |
|
|
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
|
/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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-8) | pycnothyrium of anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium |
|
|
Mycosphaerella lineolata |
an ascomycete |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella lineolata/ | Mycosphaerella lineolata | an ascomycete | | immersed, linearly arranged | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by thyriothecium |
|
|
Lichenopeltella nigroannulata |
a fly speck fungus |
Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Lichenopeltella nigroannulata/ | Lichenopeltella nigroannulata | a fly speck fungus | | | | thyriothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | thyriothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by often confluent, erumpent pseudothecium |
|
|
Setoseptoria arundinacea |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lentitheciaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lentitheciaceae/Setoseptoria arundinacea/ | Setoseptoria arundinacea | an ascomycete | | often confluent, erumpent | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (7-8) | often confluent, erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by partly immersed, usually linearly arranged pseudothecium |
|
|
Lophiostoma arundinis |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma arundinis/ | Lophiostoma arundinis | an ascomycete | | partly immersed, usually linearly arranged | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (10-5) | partly immersed, usually linearly arranged pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium |
|
|
Lophiostoma semiliberum |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma semiliberum/ | Lophiostoma semiliberum | an ascomycete | | mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (12-4) | mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Sigarispora caudata |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Sigarispora caudata/ | Sigarispora caudata | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (1-4) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia digitata |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/ | Periconia digitata | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (mainly winter) | colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia minutissima |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/ | Periconia minutissima | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Hendersonia culmiseda |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Hendersonia culmiseda/ | Hendersonia culmiseda | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-8) | immersed pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Phaeosphaeria graminis |
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 graminis/ | Phaeosphaeria graminis | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides/ | Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Stagonospora cylindrica |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora cylindrica/ | Stagonospora cylindrica | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (9) | immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed, splitting the epidermis pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Phoma arundinacea |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma arundinacea/ | Phoma arundinacea | a coelomycete | | immersed, splitting the epidermis | pycnidium | Phoma coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-10) | immersed, splitting the epidermis pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by superficial pseudothecium |
|
|
Acanthophiobolus helicosporus |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Acanthophiobolus helicosporus/ | Acanthophiobolus helicosporus | an ascomycete | | superficial | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-10) | superficial pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by perithecium |
|
|
Tubeufia paludosa |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Tubeufia paludosa/ | Tubeufia paludosa | an ascomycete | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (3-11) | perithecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph |
|
|
Tubeufia paludosa |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Tubeufia paludosa/ | Tubeufia paludosa | an ascomycete | | effuse | colony | Helicosporium anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (3-11) | effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium |
|
|
Septoriella vagans |
an ascomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/ | Septoriella vagans | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-8) | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Septoriella vagans |
an ascomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/ | Septoriella vagans | an ascomycete | | | pycnidium | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium |
|
|
Mollisia palustris |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia palustris/ | Mollisia palustris | a discomycete | | sessile | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (3-9) | sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Niptera lacustris |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Niptera lacustris/ | Niptera lacustris | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by thinly subiculate apothecium |
|
|
Tapesia evilescens |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Tapesia evilescens/ | Tapesia evilescens | a discomycete | | thinly subiculate | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-8) | thinly subiculate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Hymenoscyphus robustior |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Helotiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus robustior/ | Hymenoscyphus robustior | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (6-7) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Albotricha acutipila |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha acutipila/ | Albotricha acutipila | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (4-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum palearum var palearum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Lachnum palearum var. palearum/ | Lachnum palearum var. palearum | a discomycete | | stalked | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (3-8) | stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum controversum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum controversum/ | Lachnum controversum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (5-10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum tenuissimum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum tenuissimum/ | Lachnum tenuissimum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | erumpent | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (3-8) | erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by conidial anamorph |
|
|
Lophodermium arundinaceum |
a discomycete |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium arundinaceum/ | Lophodermium arundinaceum | a discomycete | | | | conidial anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (11-3+) | conidial anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by conidioma of Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Microdiscula phragmitis |
a coelomycete |
|
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Microdiscula phragmitis/ | Microdiscula phragmitis | a coelomycete | | | conidioma | Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (6-11) | conidioma of Microdiscula coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Apiospora montagnei |
an ascomycete 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/Apiospora montagnei/ | Apiospora montagnei | an ascomycete fungus | | | colony | Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| | colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by Acremonium anamorph |
|
|
Acremonium alternatum |
an anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Acremonium alternatum/ | Acremonium alternatum | an anamorphic fungus | | | | Acremonium anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | Acremonium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Myrothecium cinctum |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium cinctum/ | Myrothecium cinctum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | stalked, occasionally sessile | sporodochium | Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | Major |
| (3-5) | stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium |
|
|
Nectria ellisii |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria ellisii/ | Nectria ellisii | a pyrenomycete | | superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-12) | superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by erumpent pseudothecium |
|
|
Buergenerula typhae |
an ascomycete |
Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Buergenerula typhae/ | Buergenerula typhae | an ascomycete | | erumpent | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Trichocladium opacum |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae |
Trichocladium opacum, Kirk, P.M., 1994
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium opacum/ | Trichocladium opacum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium |
|
|
Phomatospora berkeleyi |
a pyrenomycete |
Xylariales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Phomatospora berkeleyi/ | Phomatospora berkeleyi | a pyrenomycete | | immersed | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-9) | immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Mycena belliarum |
Reed Bonnet |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
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/Mycenaceae/Mycena belliarum/ | Mycena belliarum | reed bonnet | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by fruitbody |
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Typhula subhyalina |
a minute club fungus |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
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/Typhulaceae/Typhula subhyalina/ | Typhula subhyalina | a minute club fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dead | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dying) |
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dying stem is decayed by fruitbody |
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Typhula subhyalina |
a minute club fungus |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
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/Typhulaceae/Typhula subhyalina/ | Typhula subhyalina | a minute club fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | dying | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dying stem |
| stem (galled) |
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galled stem is galled by larva |
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Lipara lucens |
Cigar Gall - causative organism |
Diptera: Chloropidae |
Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/ | Lipara lucens | cigar gall - causative organism | | | | larva |
Foodplant / gall | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | galled | stem | | Sole |
| (summer) | larva causes gall of galled stem |
| stem (live) |
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live stem is parasitised by long, narrow telium |
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Puccinia magnusiana |
Reed/Buttercup 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
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia magnusiana/ | Puccinia magnusiana | reed/buttercup rust | | long, narrow | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | live | stem | | |
| (7-5) | long, narrow telium parasitises live stem |
| stem (moribund) |
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moribund stem is decayed by fruitbody |
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Mycena belliarum |
Reed Bonnet |
Agaricales: Mycenaceae |
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/Mycenaceae/Mycena belliarum/ | Mycena belliarum | reed bonnet | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | moribund | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on moribund stem |
| stem (small) |
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small 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/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | small | stem | | Major |
| | larva feeds within small stem |
| stem (wet, dead) |
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wet, dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed pycnidium of Pseudorobillarda coelomycetous anamorph |
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Pseudorobillarda phragmitis |
a coelomycete |
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Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Robillarda phragmitis Cunnell in estuarine waters, Johnson, T.W. & Hughes, G.C., 1960
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudorobillarda phragmitis/ | Pseudorobillarda phragmitis | a coelomycete | | scattered, immersed | pycnidium | Pseudorobillarda coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/ | Phragmites australis | common reed | | wet, dead | stem | | |
| (7) | scattered, immersed pycnidium of Pseudorobillarda coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on wet, dead stem |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
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BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 40 images of Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
