BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lolium perenne L. (Perennial Rye-grass)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Lolium perenne	Plant	6 July 1971	East Sussex	England	1

Suggested Literature

Lolium perenne may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lolium perenne:

	(live)	live is parasitised by	Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	(live)	live is parasitised by fruitbody	Limonomyces roseipellis - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Corticiaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in utility grassland]
	(live)	live may be infected and damaged by	Laetisaria fuciformis - Red Thread Disease (Causal Agent) (Polyporales: Corticiaceae)		Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [causes "Red Thread Disease"]
	culm (live)	live culm is parasitised by embedded sorus	Urocystis bolivarii - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
	inflorescence (dead)	dead inflorescence is decayed by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Drechslera dematioidea - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Drechslera dematioidea - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium	Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium	Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes arranged in circles around the uredia]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus	Urocystis bolivarii - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		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 spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Ascochyta desmazieri - a coelomycete		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-brown spots with brock-red margins]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by conidiophore of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Pyrenophora lolii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes dark brown, elongate spots which coalesce to form brown blotches]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium anamorph	Rhynchosporium secalis - Leaf Blotch Or Scald Of Grasses - Causative Organism		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Causes irregular blotches, up to 2.5cm long, at first water-soaked, later pale grey or greyish brown, sometimes zonate and often with dark reddish-brown margins.]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph	Spermospora lolii - an anamorphic fungus		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes greyish or reddish-brown spots]
	leaf (live, blistered)	live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus	Ustilago striiformis - a stripe smut of grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live, blistered, ribboned)	live, blistered, ribboned leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus	Urocystis agropyri - a stripe smut of grasses (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Cerodontha incisa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Pseudoseptoria donacis - a coelomycete		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Spots mostly near leaf edges and tips, oval, 2-5mm long, very pale brown or grey, with narrow purplish-brown borders]
	leaf?	leaf? is mined by larva	Cerodontha incisa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	seed (fallen)	fallen seed may be infected and damaged by long stalked apothecium	Gloeotinia granigena - Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - Causative Organism (Helotiales)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Blind Seed" disease]
	sheath (live)	live sheath is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	sheath (live)	live sheath is parasitised by linear telium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	sheath (live)	live sheath is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium anamorph	Rhynchosporium secalis - Leaf Blotch Or Scald Of Grasses - Causative Organism		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Causes irregular blotches, up to 2.5cm long, at first water-soaked, later pale grey or greyish brown, sometimes zonate and often with dark reddish-brown margins.]
	sheath	sheath is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Pseudoseptoria donacis - a coelomycete		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Spots mostly near leaf edges and tips, oval, 2-5mm long, very pale brown or grey, with narrow purplish-brown borders]
	spikelet (live)	live spikelet may be infected and damaged by partly hidden sorus	Tilletia lolii - a smut fungus (Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sorus partly hidden by glumes]
	stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Typhula incarnata - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	stem (dying)	dying stem is decayed by fruitbody	Typhula incarnata - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by linear telium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Lolium perenne may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References