BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Holcus lanatus L. (Yorkshire-fog)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Holcus lanatus In bud 9 June 2001 Berks England 2 16

Suggested Literature

Holcus lanatus 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 Holcus lanatus:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
flower flower is associate of adult Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Melanotus phillipsii - Grass Oysterling (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [often when growing in dense mats]
Photos leaf (decayed) decayed leaf is decayed by often buried under desne layers of decayed grass leaves fruitbody Coprinopsis urticicola - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by amphigenous acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum holci - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes oblong brown spots]
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 uredium Puccinia hordei - 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 amphigenous telium Puccinia hordei - 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 sorus Entyloma dactylidis - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by numerous sorus Jamesdicksonia dactylidis - a ustilaginomycete (Georgefischeriales: Georgefischeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia holci-lanati - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Causes dark brown spots with yellow margins. Mostly in damp places]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum holci - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes oblong brown spots]
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago striiformis - a stripe smut of grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf -> sheath leaf -> sheath is mined by larva Cerodontha denticornis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf sheath leaf sheath may house puparium Cerodontha denticornis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza phryne - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf may have puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf may have puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf may have puparium Liriomyza phryne - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
ovary ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Tilletia holci - a smut fungus (Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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 (dead) dead stem may have epiphytic fruitbody Athelia decipiens - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Major 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 telium Puccinia hordei - 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

Holcus lanatus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
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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