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Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Hudson (Bog Asphodel)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Narthecium ossifragum Plant 28 July 2000 Berks England 7
Narthecium ossifragum Plant 31 July 1971 South Devon England 1
Narthecium ossifragum Plant 16 September 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Narthecium ossifragum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Narthecium ossifragum:

is foodplant of larva Phalacrus substriatus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus Entyloma ossifragi - Bog Asphodel Smut (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes blackish-brown lesions, up to 1cm long, which sometimes coalesce and occupy large areas]
leaf-tip (live) live leaf-tip is spotted by tufted colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph Cladosporium magnusianum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes bleached areas]

Narthecium ossifragum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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