Lolium L.
(rye-grasses)

Interactions where Lolium 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
is foodplant of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta avenae a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta avenae/Ascochyta avenaea coelomyceteAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grasses Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
(dead) dead is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria avenaria f.sp. triticae an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria avenaria f.sp. triticae/Phaeosphaeria avenaria f.sp. triticaean ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesdead (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead
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 purpureaergotSphacelia anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesinflorescence (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 purpureaergotsclerotium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesinflorescence (9-11)sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence
leaf leaf is foodplant of hidden under carried excrement larva Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus cereal leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopuscereal leaf beetlehidden under carried excrementlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleaf hidden under carried excrement larva feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus cereal leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopuscereal leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleaf (1-12)adult feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nigrella a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nigrella/Agromyza nigrellaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may contain larva Major Pseudonapomyza atra a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Pseudonapomyza atra/Pseudonapomyza atraa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleafMajor larva feeds within leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Selandria serva a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/Selandria servaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta avenae var avenae a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta avenae var. avenae/Ascochyta avenae var. avenaea coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleaf immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta 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 rhodesiia coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta graminicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta graminicola/Ascochyta graminicolaa coelomycetegregarious, with smoky-brown porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesfadingleaf (late summer)gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta anthoxanthi a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta anthoxanthi/Ascochyta anthoxanthia coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta leptospora var acuta a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora var. acuta/Ascochyta leptospora var. acutaa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta leptospora var major a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora var. major/Ascochyta leptospora var. majora coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta missouriensis a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta missouriensis/Ascochyta missouriensisa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by solitary or grouped conidiophore of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph Pyrenophora dictyoides an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pyrenophora dictyoides/Pyrenophora dictyoidesan ascomycetesolitary or groupedconidiophoreDrechslera dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf solitary or grouped conidiophore of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Rhynchosporium orthosporum Cocksfoot Scald Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/Rhynchosporium orthosporumcocksfoot scaldimmersed, thin, subcuticularstromatic platesRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveleaf immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
root hair (live) live root hair is parasitised by UK/Ireland Ligniera junci a protozoan slime-mould Plasmodiophorida: Plasmodiophoridae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Ligniera junci/Ligniera juncia protozoan slime-mould Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesliveroot hair parasitises live root hair
sheath (live) live sheath is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Rhynchosporium orthosporum Cocksfoot Scald Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/Rhynchosporium orthosporumcocksfoot scaldimmersed, thin, subcuticularstromatic platesRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grasseslivesheath immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live sheath
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Pleospora straminis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pleospora straminis/Pleospora straminisan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesdeadstem (4-9)pseudothecium 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 vagansan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesdeadstem (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
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/Septoriella vagansan ascomycetepycnidiumHendersonia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grassesdeadstem pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by immersed stroma of Pseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Oculimacula yallundae Foot-rot, Strawbreaker, Eyespot and Lodging Diseases (Causative Organsim), Wheat Eyespot Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Oculimacula yallundae/Oculimacula yallundaefoot-rot, strawbreaker, eyespot and lodging diseases (causative organsim), wheat eyespotimmersedstromaPseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/Loliumrye-grasseslivestem immersed stroma of Pseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lolium (rye-grasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lolium multiflorum
Italian Rye-grass
Species 14 trophisms
Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass
Species 36 trophisms 2 references
Lolium rigidum
Mediterranean Rye-grass
Species 2 trophisms
Lolium temulentum
Darnel
Species 4 trophisms
[Lolium perenne agg.]
perennial rye-grasses
Informal 2 subtaxa 50 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLolium (rye-grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lolium (rye-grasses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Rand, M. 2010 Grasses in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Lolium (rye-grasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lolium (rye-grasses):

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