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Poa annua L. (Annual Meadow-grass)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Clement, E.J., 2005

Could Poa supina be overlooked in Britain?

Poa annua may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Poa
(meadow-grasses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Poa annua:

(live)	live is parasitised by	Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)	Ing, B., 1990
(living)	living may have epiphytic fruitbody	Athelia pyriformis - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973
leaf (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody	Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by sparse uredium	Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by plentiful, in short rows telium	Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus	Entyloma irregulare - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by conidial anamorph	Entyloma irregulare - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae)	Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small yellow spots]
leaf sheath (usually close to stem base)	leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph	Monographella nivalis - Snow Mould (Xylariales)	Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [causes "Fusarium Patch Disease"] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf	leaf is foodplant of larva	Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
leaf	leaf is foodplant of adult	Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
sheath (live)	live sheath is parasitised by linear telium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live)	live sheath is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by linear telium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by sparse uredium	Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by plentiful, in short rows telium	Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Poa annua may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Poa
(meadow-grasses)

References

Baldwin, N.A., 1990	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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