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Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. (False Oat-grass)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Arrhenatherum elatius Plant 21 June 2001 Berks England 9 7

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Subspecies Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. bulbosum (Willd.) N.Hylander (a false oat-grass) 2
Subspecies Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. elatius L. (False Oat-grass) 2

Suggested Literature

Arrhenatherum elatius 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 Arrhenatherum elatius:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is decayed by effuse colony of Tetraploa dematiaceous anamorph Massarina tetraploa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph Lidophia graminis - Twist (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos inflorescence (live) live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sorus Ustilago avenae - Loose Smut Of Oats & Oat Grass (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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 apothecium Albotricha albotestacea - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) 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 effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia minutissima - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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 perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Typhula culmigena - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae) 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 uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) 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) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Ustilentyloma brefeldii - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Ustilentylomataceae) UK/Ireland 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 embedded sorus Urocystis avenae-elatioris - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Restricted 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 may be infected and damaged by immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph Lidophia graminis - Twist (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [There is often stromatic tissue between rows of pycnidia. Causes a die back from the tips.]
Photos leaf (live, blistered, ribboned) live, blistered, ribboned leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Urocystis agropyri - a stripe smut of grasses (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live, blistered, ribboned) live, blistered, ribboned leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago striiformis - a stripe smut of grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) 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 Chromatomyia nigra - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nigrociliata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Agromyza rondensis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine greenish]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia nigra - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, narrow, whitish]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza phryne - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza pusio - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted 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 may have puparium Liriomyza phryne - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Ustilago avenae - Loose Smut Of Oats & Oat Grass (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) 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 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 spikelet may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Major 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 scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria fuckelii - 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 immersed pseudothecium Pleospora phaeocomoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by perithecium Tubeufia paludosa - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
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 sessile apothecium Mollisia palustris - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in damp situations]
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus scutula - 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 Albotricha albotestacea - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Lachnum palearum var. palearum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Lachnum tenuissimum - 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 erumpent apothecium Lophodermium culmigenum - a discomycete (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia minutissima - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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 perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, on ground) dead, on ground stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Bisporella scolochloae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Major 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 (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 (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
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
stem base stem base may be infected and damaged by clustered perithecium Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem base stem base may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem internode (basal) stem internode (basal) is decayed by immersed pycnidial anamorph Ophiosphaerella herpotricha - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem internode (basal) stem internode (basal) is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Ophiosphaerella herpotricha - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem node (lower) stem node (lower) may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem node (lower) stem node (lower) may be infected and damaged by clustered perithecium Gibberella zeae - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Calameuta filiformis - Reed Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Arrhenatherum elatius may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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