BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Agrostis (bent grasses)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Agrostis alba       1
Aggregate Agrostis canina sens.lat. L. (velvet bent)       8
Species Agrostis capillaris L. (Common Bent) 2     19
Species Agrostis curtisii Kerguelen (Bristle Bent) 4 9    
Species Agrostis stolonifera L. (Creeping Bent)     1 23

Suggested Literature

Agrostis 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 Agrostis:

culm (live) live culm is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis agrostidis - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
inflorescence inflorescence is parasitised by Sphacelia anamorph Claviceps purpurea - Ergot (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sclerotium Claviceps purpurea - Ergot (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [with rather short ergots]
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Botryosphaeria festucae - an ascomycete (Dothideales: Botryosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Keissleriella culmifida - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by embedded stroma Phyllachora graminis - an ascomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by numerous sorus Jamesdicksonia dactylidis - a ustilaginomycete (Georgefischeriales: Georgefischeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis agrostidis - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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 sheath (lower part) (dead) dead leaf sheath (lower part) may be infected and damaged by immersed perithecium Gaeumannomyces graminis - Take-all Patch Disease (Causative Agent) (Magnaporthaceae) Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [Causes "Take-All Disease"]
leaf leaf is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph Pseudoseptoria donacis - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Spots mostly near leaf edges and tips, oval, 2-5mm long, very pale brown or grey, with narrow purplish-brown borders]
leaf leaf is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Glomerella graminicola - an ascomycete (Glomerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale yellow, purplish or grey spots]
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath sheath is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph Pseudoseptoria donacis - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Spots mostly near leaf edges and tips, oval, 2-5mm long, very pale brown or grey, with narrow purplish-brown borders]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Botryosphaeria festucae - an ascomycete (Dothideales: Botryosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria culmifraga - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Keissleriella culmifida - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) 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 apothecium Albotricha acutipila - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Glomerella graminicola - an ascomycete (Glomerellaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem base (dead) dead stem base may be infected and damaged by immersed perithecium Gaeumannomyces graminis - Take-all Patch Disease (Causative Agent) (Magnaporthaceae) Baldwin, N.A., 1990 [Causes "Take-All Disease"]
stem stem is galled by stroma Epichloë - chokes (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Agrostis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi