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Stellaria graminea L. (Lesser Stitchwort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Stellaria graminea In flower 23 June 2001 Berks England 2
Stellaria graminea Plant 3 June 2001 Berks England 4 5
Stellaria graminea Plant 3 June 2001 Berks England 7 4
Stellaria graminea Plant 8 June 1977 North Hampshire England 1
Stellaria graminea Plant 7 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Stellaria graminea Plant 1 July 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Stellaria graminea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Stellaria graminea:

Photos anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Microbotryum stellariae - Chickweed Anther Smut (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia arenariae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Minor 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 Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Minor 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 epiphyllous, numerous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella isariophora - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is spotted by numerous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella isariophora - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Stellaria graminea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)
Stellaria
(chickweeds)

References

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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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