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Phalaris arundinacea L. (Reed Canary-grass)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Variety Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass) 2 6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Privately published

Phalaris arundinacea may also 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 Phalaris arundinacea:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia sessilis - Ramsons & Arum Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is decayed by fruitbody Psathyrella typhae - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (dead, decayed) dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (dead, decaying) dead, decaying leaf is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius limosus - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in wet areas]
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
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 uredium Puccinia sessilis - Ramsons & Arum Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live, distorted) live, distorted leaf may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Ustilago echinata - a grass smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) 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 (near end of mine) leaf (near end of mine) may have puparium Agromyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
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 Agromyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha incisa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Agromyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear blotch-mine]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha phalaridis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf? leaf? is mined by larva Cerodontha incisa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972
ovary ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Tilletia menieri - a smut fungus (Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live, distorted) live, distorted sheath may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Ustilago echinata - a grass smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
shoot (live, distorted) live, distorted shoot may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Ustilago echinata - a grass smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Photos stem (base) (dead, decayed, sodden) dead, decayed, sodden stem (base) is decayed by fruitbody Physisporinus sanguinolentus - Bleeding Porecrust (Polyporales: Meripilaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria fuckelii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Marasmius curreyi - a toadstool (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem stem is foodplant of Notaris bimaculatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
stem stem may contain larva Calameuta filiformis - Reed Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Phalaris arundinacea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
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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