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Poa (meadow-grasses)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Poa alpina L. (Alpine Meadow-grass)       1
Species Poa angustifolia L. (Narrow-leaved Meadow-grass)       2
Species Poa annua L. (Annual Meadow-grass)     1 20
Species Poa bulbosa L. (Bulbous Meadow-grass)       1
Species Poa compressa L. (Flattened Meadow-grass) 4 11   5
Species Poa glauca Vahl (Glaucous Meadow-grass)       1
Species Poa nemoralis L. (Wood Meadow-grass)       6
Species Poa palustris L. (Swamp Meadow-grass)       1
Aggregate Poa pratensis sens.lat. L. (smooth meadow-grass)       22
Species Poa trivialis L. (Rough Meadow-grass)   4   23

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Clement, E.J., 2005 A New, Illustrated Monograph of Poa

Poa 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 Poa:

culm (dead) dead culm is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia poaeoides - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph Lidophia graminis - Twist (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (basal) (live) live leaf (basal) is parasitised by cleistothecium Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 stroma of Pseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph Tapesia yallundae - an ascomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) 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 effuse, mainly epiphyllous colony of Oidium anamorph Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sorus Entyloma dactylidis - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) Foreign Minor Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis poae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph Lidophia graminis - Twist (Dothideales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [There is often stromatic tissue between rows of pycnidia. Causes a die back from the tips.]
leaf (near end of mine) leaf (near end of mine) may have puparium Agromyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Agromyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia milii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [elongate posterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia nigra - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis]
leaf leaf may contain larva Pseudonapomyza atra - 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) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear blotch-mine]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nigrella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Agromyza rondensis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine greenish]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha crassiseta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia milii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia nigra - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, narrow, whitish]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza flaveola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [narrow whitish linear mine]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Dolerus haematodes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Eutomostethus ephippium - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Pachynematus obductus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Selandria serva - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta leptospora - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes fawn spots with reddish-purple borders]
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]
leaf leaf may have puparium Liriomyza flaveola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by immersed stroma of Pseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph Tapesia yallundae - an ascomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) 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 (dead) dead sheath is decayed by perithecium Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by cleistothecium Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis poae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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 erect ascocarp Acrospermum graminum - an ascomycete (Acrospermaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 stroma of Pseudocercosporella dematiaceous anamorph Tapesia yallundae - an ascomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) 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 (esp node) (dead) dead stem (esp node) is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria nodorum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (esp node) (dead) dead stem (esp node) is decayed by scattered, initially immersed Septoria anamorph Phaeosphaeria nodorum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem is galled by Tylenchus dvastatrix Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos stem stem is galled by stroma Epichloë - chokes (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

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

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

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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