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Anthoxanthum odoratum L. (Sweet Vernal Grass)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Anthoxanthum odoratum Plant 20 May 2001 Berks England 3
Anthoxanthum odoratum Plant 24 May 1969 West Suffolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Anthoxanthum odoratum 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 Anthoxanthum odoratum:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
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
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 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 hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) 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 amphigenous uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) 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 uredium Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small yellow spots]
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Tilletia anthoxanthi - a smut fungus (Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sori more or less concealed by glumes]
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor 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) Minor 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 pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria vagans - 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 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) Minor 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 uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem is galled by Tylenchus dvastatrix Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Anthoxanthum odoratum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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