Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.
(Giant Fescue)

Interactions where Festuca gigantea 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
(live)		live is parasitised by			Blumeria graminis	Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/	Blumeria graminis	grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live						parasitises live
leaf -> sheath		leaf -> sheath is mined by larva			Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue			leaf -> sheath		Major			larva mines leaf -> sheath
leaf sheath		leaf sheath may house puparium			Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue			leaf sheath		Major			puparium may be found in leaf sheath
leaf		leaf is spotted by amphigenous, numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria bromi var arrhenatheri	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 bromi var. arrhenatheri/	Septoria bromi var. arrhenatheri	a leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous, numerous, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue			leaf					amphigenous, numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by apothecium			Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		dead	leaf				(4-9)	apothecium 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/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live, blistered	leaf					long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium			Puccinia coronata	Crown Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/	Puccinia coronata	crown rust		amphigenous, scattered or in patches		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	leaf				(summer)	amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia coronata	Crown Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/	Puccinia coronata	crown rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	leaf				(mid 8-)	hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	leaf					amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
sheath (live)		live sheath is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	sheath					uredium parasitises live sheath
sheath (live)		live sheath is parasitised by linear telium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		linear		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	sheath					linear telium parasitises live sheath
stem		stem is galled by stroma			Epichloe festucae	Fescue Choke	Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe festucae/	Epichloe festucae	fescue choke				stroma	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue	?		stem				(fertile in 8)	stroma causes gall of stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by apothecium			Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		dead	stem				(4-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	stem					uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by linear telium			Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola	Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/	Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola	black stem rusts of wild grasses		linear		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue		live	stem					linear telium parasitises live 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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005	Epichloë in Britain	Mycologist Vol 19 (2): 82-87.

Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Festuca
(fescue grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue)
Genus	Festuca (fescue grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
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 Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue)

Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Festuca
(fescue grasses)

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 Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue):

Festuca
(fescue grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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