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Typha latifolia L. (Bulrush, Greater Reedmace)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Typha latifolia double-headed form 16 September 2005 North Hampshire England 2
Typha latifolia 20 February 2005 South Wiltshire England 2
Typha latifolia In fruit 30 January 2005 South Wiltshire England 23
Typha latifolia 24 January 2005 South Wiltshire England 1
Typha latifolia Plant 24 August 2002 Berks England 4
Typha latifolia Plant 21 July 2002 Dorset England 3
Typha latifolia In flower 25 June 1970 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Typha latifolia may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Typha latifolia:

(sometimes locally discoloured) sometimes locally discoloured is decayed by often numerous, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora typhoidearum - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Stilbus oblongus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
debris (dead, decayed) dead, decayed debris may have fruitbody Tomentella ellisii - a resupinate fungus (Thelephorales: Thelephoraceae) Rare 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 Typhula capitata - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae) UK/Ireland 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 Lindtneria trachyspora - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum typhae - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes orange-brown lesions which become darker with purplish-brown margins and pale centres when old]
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult Donacia cinerea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf base (dead) dead leaf base is decayed by fruitbody Epithele typhae - a resupinete fungus (Polyporales: Epitheliaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf-sheath leaf-sheath may house puparium Phaonia atriceps - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Donacia vulgaris - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is foodplant of larva Donacia aquatica - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is foodplant of larva Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
root root may house cocoon Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
roots roots is foodplant of larva Donacia cinerea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
roots roots may house cocoon Donacia cinerea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Lachnum controversum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Epithele typhae - a resupinete fungus (Polyporales: Epitheliaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (just above waterline) (dead) dead stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody Psathyrella typhae - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (just above waterline) (live) live stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody Psathyrella typhae - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (just above waterline) (moribund) moribund stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody Psathyrella typhae - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major 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

Typha latifolia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
TYPHACEAE
(bulrushes)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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

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