Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Simonet & Guin.) Hyl.
(Sand Couch)

Interactions where Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica 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
flower stem		flower stem is galled by single, yellowish larva			Tetramesa hyalipennis	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae	Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Tetramesa hyalipennis/	Tetramesa hyalipennis	a chalcid wasp		single, yellowish		larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch			flower stem					single, yellowish larva causes gall of flower stem
leaf		leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta leptospora	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora/	Ascochyta leptospora	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch			leaf					pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta rhodesii	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta rhodesii/	Ascochyta rhodesii	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch			leaf					pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (dead, dry)		dead, dry leaf is decayed by scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta stipae form agropyri	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta stipae forma agropyri/	Ascochyta stipae forma agropyri	a coelomycete		scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead, dry	leaf				(7)	scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry 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/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead	leaf				(esp. 7-8)	colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead 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 juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand 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			Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses	Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		live, blistered	leaf					long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous, scattered uredium			Puccinia recondita	Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/	Puccinia recondita	brown rust, brown rust of wheat		mostly epiphyllous, scattered		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		live	leaf					mostly epiphyllous, scattered uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium			Puccinia recondita	Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/	Puccinia recondita	brown rust, brown rust of wheat		hypophyllous, subepidermal		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		live	leaf					hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead, dry)		dead, dry stem is decayed by scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta stipae form agropyri	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta stipae forma agropyri/	Ascochyta stipae forma agropyri	a coelomycete		scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead, dry	stem				(7)	scattered or linearly arranged, immersed, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium			Pleospora rubelloides	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pleospora rubelloides/	Pleospora rubelloides	an ascomycete				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead	stem				(4-8)	pseudothecium 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/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead	stem					colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		dead	stem				(esp. 7-8)	colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph 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
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992	Plant Galls	Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Sand Couch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Elytrigia juncea
(Sand Couch)

Elytrigia
(couch grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Sand Couch)
Species	Elytrigia juncea (Sand 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 juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Sand Couch)

Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Sand 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 juncea ssp boreoatlantica (Sand 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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