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Juncus articulatus L. (Jointed Rush)

Suggested Literature

Juncus articulatus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)
Juncus
(rushes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Juncus articulatus:

(dead) dead is decayed by immersed, then revealed apothecium Diplonaevia exigua - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [apothecium revealed by loss of operculum of host tissue]
(dead) dead is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia juncina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(galled) galled is associate of larva Trichopsomyia flavitarsis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces junci - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Uromyces junci - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
is foodplant of larva Aphanisticus emarginatus - a jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
is decayed by pseudothecium Pleospora aquatica - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence (dead) dead inflorescence is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (live, galled) live, galled root is galled by sorus Entorrhiza casparyana - a smut fungus (Entorrhizales: Entorrhizaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes galls up to 1cm long]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile, shielded apothecium Micropeziza karstenii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Rare Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Juncus articulatus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)
Juncus
(rushes)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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