Elytrigia atherica (Link) Kerguélen
(Sea Couch)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
inflorescence		inflorescence is parasitised 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 / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch			inflorescence				(7)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence
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/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch			inflorescence				(9-11)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence
leaf (dead, rain-soaked)		dead, rain-soaked leaf is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph			Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	leaf					extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf
leaf (dead, rain-soaked)		dead, rain-soaked leaf is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella tassiana	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella tassiana/	Mycosphaerella tassiana	an ascomycete		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	leaf				(1-12)	extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed perithecium			Micronectriella agropyri	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Micronectriella agropyri/	Micronectriella agropyri	an ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	leaf					immersed perithecium is saprobic on 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/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		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/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	leaf				(2-)6-8(-10)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by clypeate perithecium			Anthostomella chionostoma	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella chionostoma/	Anthostomella chionostoma	a pyrenomycete		clypeate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	leaf				(9)	clypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live, blistered, split into ribbons)		live, blistered, split into ribbons leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sori			Urocystis agropyri-campestris	a smut fungus	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	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 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri-campestris/	Urocystis agropyri-campestris	a smut fungus		long, linear, erumpent		sori	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		live, blistered, split into ribbons	leaf		Sole			long, linear, erumpent sori causes spots on live, blistered, split into ribbons leaf
leaf (live, blistered)		live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus			Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		live, blistered	leaf					long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live, blistered)		live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus			Tranzscheliella hypodytes	Stem Smut Of Grasses	Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Tranzscheliella hypodytes/	Tranzscheliella hypodytes	stem smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		live, blistered	leaf					long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
stem (dead, rain-soaked)		dead, rain-soaked stem is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph			Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cladosporioides/	Cladosporium cladosporioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	stem					extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem
stem (dead, rain-soaked)		dead, rain-soaked stem is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella tassiana	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella tassiana/	Mycosphaerella tassiana	an ascomycete		extensive, velvety	colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead, rain-soaked	stem				(1-12)	extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rain-soaked stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by apothecium			Crocicreas culmicola	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Crocicreas culmicola/	Crocicreas culmicola	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	stem				(7-9)	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/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		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/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	stem				(3-8)	stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium			Lophodermium culmigenum	a discomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium culmigenum/	Lophodermium culmigenum	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		dead	stem				(3-8)	erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Elytrigia
(couch grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)
Genus	Elytrigia (couch grasses)
Tribe	Triticeae (wheats & barleys)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)

Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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