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Elymus caninus (L.) L. (Bearded Couch)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Elymus caninus Plant 19 June 1997 Berks England 7

Suggested Literature

Elymus caninus 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 Elymus caninus:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence is spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - 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
Photos leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by embedded stroma Phyllachora graminis - an ascomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by embedded stroma Phyllachora graminis - an ascomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [black stroma 2-3/1mm, surrounded by yellow halo]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by linear, mainly epiphyllous uredium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - 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 spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - 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, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago hypodytes - Stem Smut Of Grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (basal internode) stem (basal internode) is decayed by immersed, usually in short rows perithecium Phaeosphaeria pontiformis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is spotted by linear, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis - 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

Elymus caninus 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

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