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Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. (Tufted Hair-grass)

Suggested Literature

Deschampsia cespitosa may 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Deschampsia cespitosa:

(dead) dead is decayed by effuse colony of Tetraploa dematiaceous anamorph Massarina tetraploa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is decayed by pseudothecium Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is decayed by colony of Rutola dematiaceous anamorph Rutola graminis - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is decayed by sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph Myrothecium atroviride - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
culm culm is decayed by clypeate, emerging through centre of clypeus apothecium Scutomollisia papillata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos inflorescence inflorescence is parasitised by Sphacelia anamorph Claviceps purpurea - Ergot (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos inflorescence inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sclerotium Claviceps purpurea - Ergot (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by erumpent stroma Oomyces carneoalbus - an ascomycete (Acrospermaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium Mycosphaerella lineolata - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Paraphaeosphaeria michotii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria nigrans - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Curvularia dematiaceous anamorph Curvularia protuberata - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora subseriata - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by perithecium Tubeufia paludosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph Tubeufia paludosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia mutabilis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by stalked apothecium Crocicreas megalosporum var. gramineum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by shortly stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus nitidulus - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium Pezizella nigrocorticata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum acutum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum eburneum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Venturiocistella heterotricha - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Lophodermium apiculatum - an ascomycete fungus (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by erumpent apothecium Lophodermium gramineum - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Arthrinium phaeospermum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Apiosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by superficial perithecium Cephalotheca clarkii - an ascomycete (Sordariales: Cephalothecaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by clypeate perithecium Anthostomella tomicum - an ascomycete fungus (Xylariales: Xylariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Melanotus phillipsii - Grass Oysterling (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often when growing in dense mats]
leaf (dead, dry) dead, dry leaf is decayed by immersed apothecium Phragmonaevia hysterioides - a discomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fungus infected) dead, fungus infected leaf is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (decaying) decaying leaf is decayed by superficial stroma Hypocrea spinulosa - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dry, dead) dry, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia hispidula - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous uredium Puccinia brachypodii var. arrhenatheri - 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 hypophyllous telium Puccinia brachypodii var. arrhenatheri - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos 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]
Photos 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 amphigenous, scattered or in short rows 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 spotted by colony of Mastigosporium anamorph Mastigosporium deschampsiae - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, purplish-brown spots, often with fawn centres and yellow haloes]
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 (outside mine) leaf (outside mine) may have puparium Agromyza lucida - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf (rotting) rotting leaf is decayed by superficial, scattered pseudothecium Taphrophila argyllensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf sheath (basal) (dead) dead leaf sheath (basal) is decayed by apothecium Pseudohelotium alaunae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [deep inside tussocks]
leaf sheath (dead) dead leaf sheath is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Hadrospora clarkii - a fungus (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf sheath (lower part) (dead) dead leaf sheath (lower part) may be infected and damaged by immersed, mycelial matted perithecium Gaeumannomyces graminis - Take-all Patch Disease (Causative Agent) (Magnaporthaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha deschampsiae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by solitary or communal larva Agromyza lucida - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch if communal larvae]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha deschampsiae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis coquebertii - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis nassata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta rhodesii - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes inconspicuous pale straw-coloured spots]
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
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
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by thyriothecium Lichenopeltella alpestris - an ascomycete (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium Mycosphaerella lineolata - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria culmifraga - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium Lophiostoma semiliberum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Paraphaeosphaeria michotii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria eustoma - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria fuckelii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria luctuosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria nigrans - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph Phaeosphaeria vagans - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria vagans - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Curvularia dematiaceous anamorph Curvularia protuberata - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora subseriata - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Helicosporium anamorph Tubeufia paludosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by perithecium Tubeufia paludosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet placesin wet places]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile, shielded apothecium Micropeziza karstenii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia mutabilis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia palustris - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in damp situations]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas culmicola - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Crocicreas megalosporum var. gramineum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Albotricha acutipila - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum acutum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum eburneum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Lophodermium apiculatum - an ascomycete fungus (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Lophodermium culmigenum - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Arthrinium phaeospermum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Apiosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial perithecium Cephalotheca clarkii - an ascomycete (Sordariales: Cephalothecaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Phomatospora berkeleyi - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by clypeate perithecium Anthostomella tomicum - an ascomycete fungus (Xylariales: Xylariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, fungus infected) dead, fungus infected stem is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Lewia infectoria - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (decaying) decaying stem is decayed by superficial stroma Hypocrea spinulosa - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (esp node) (dead) dead stem (esp node) is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria nodorum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (esp node) (dead) dead stem (esp node) is decayed by scattered, initially immersed Septoria anamorph Phaeosphaeria nodorum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 base (dead) dead stem base may be infected and damaged by immersed, mycelial matted perithecium Gaeumannomyces graminis - Take-all Patch Disease (Causative Agent) (Magnaporthaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Deschampsia cespitosa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Deschampsia
(a genus of hair-grasses)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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