| Affected Part |
|
Summary |
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Taxon |
Vernacular |
Classification |
References |
Darwin Classification of Active Taxon |
Active Taxon |
Active Vernacular |
Active Taxon Uncertain |
Active State |
Active Part |
Active Stage |
Relationship |
Relationship Uncertain |
Relationship Geography |
Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon |
Passive Taxon |
Passive Vernacular |
Passive Taxon Uncertain |
Passive State |
Passive Part |
Passive Stage |
Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon |
Indoors etc |
Season |
Summary |
|
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may have larva |
 |
|
Baliothrips dispar |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/ | Baliothrips dispar | a thrips | | | | larva |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | | | Major |
| (6-9) | larva may be found on |
|
|
may have male |
|
|
Baliothrips dispar |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/ | Baliothrips dispar | a thrips | | | | male |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | | | Major |
| (6-12) | male may be found on |
|
|
may have female |
|
|
Baliothrips dispar |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/ | Baliothrips dispar | a thrips | | | | female |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | | | Major |
| (1-12) | female may be found on |
| (live) |
|
live is parasitised by colony of Dreschler dematiaceous anamorph |
 |
|
Drechslera triseptata |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Drechslera triseptata/ | Drechslera triseptata | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Dreschler dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / parasite | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | | | |
| | colony of Dreschler dematiaceous anamorph parasitises live |
| inflorescence |
|
inflorescence is parasitised by Sphacelia anamorph |
|
 |
Claviceps purpurea |
Ergot |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/ | Claviceps purpurea | ergot | | | | Sphacelia anamorph |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | inflorescence | | |
| (7) | Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence |
| inflorescence |
|
inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sclerotium |
|
|
Claviceps purpurea |
Ergot |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/ | Claviceps purpurea | ergot | | | | sclerotium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | inflorescence | | |
| (9-11) | sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence |
| inflorescence (dead) |
|
dead inflorescence is decayed by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Drechslera dematioidea |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Drechslera dematioidea/ | Drechslera dematioidea | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | inflorescence | | |
| | colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead inflorescence |
| inflorescence (live) |
|
live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Lidophia graminis |
Twist |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/ | Lidophia graminis | twist | | | pycnidium | Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | inflorescence | | |
| (5-10, esp. 7) | pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live inflorescence |
| leaf (basal) (live) |
|
live leaf (basal) is parasitised by cleistothecium |
|
|
Blumeria graminis |
Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/ | Blumeria graminis | grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew | | | | cleistothecium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | leaf (basal) | | |
| (7-10) | cleistothecium parasitises live leaf (basal) |
| leaf (outside mine) |
|
leaf (outside mine) may have puparium |
|
|
Agromyza nigripes |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nigripes/ | Agromyza nigripes | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf (outside mine) | | |
| | puparium may be found on leaf (outside mine) |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Chromatomyia nigra |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia nigra/ | Chromatomyia nigra | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf-mine | | |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Agromyza nigrella |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nigrella/ | Agromyza nigrella | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by solitary larva |
|
|
Agromyza nigripes |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nigripes/ | Agromyza nigripes | a leaf-mining fly | | solitary | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | |
| | solitary larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Chromatomyia nigra |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia nigra/ | Chromatomyia nigra | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Liriomyza flaveola |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza flaveola/ | Liriomyza flaveola | a leaf-mining fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | Major |
| | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf may have puparium |
|
|
Liriomyza flaveola |
a leaf-mining fly |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza flaveola/ | Liriomyza flaveola | a leaf-mining fly | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | Major |
| | puparium may be found on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta leptospora |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora/ | Ascochyta leptospora | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | leaf | | |
| | pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by confluent colony of Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Pithomyces chartarum |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales: Didymosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymosphaeriaceae/Pithomyces chartarum/ | Pithomyces chartarum | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | confluent | colony | Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| | confluent colony of Pithomyces dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia minutissima |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/ | Periconia minutissima | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Drechslera dematioidea |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Drechslera dematioidea/ | Drechslera dematioidea | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| | colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Psilachnum eburneum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/ | Psilachnum eburneum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| (4-9) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum carneolum var longisporum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum/ | Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-)6-8(-10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Lophodermium apiculatum |
an ascomycete fungus |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/ | Lophodermium apiculatum | an ascomycete fungus | | numerous, often confluent | pycnothyrium | Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | leaf | | |
| (3-8) | numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (fading) |
|
fading leaf is spotted by amphigenous, numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Septoria bromi |
a leaf-spot fungus |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria bromi/ | Septoria bromi | a leaf-spot fungus | | amphigenous, numerous, black | pycnidium | Septoria coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | fading | leaf | | |
| (6-9) | amphigenous, numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf |
| leaf (fading) |
|
fading leaf is spotted by gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta graminicola |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta graminicola/ | Ascochyta graminicola | a coelomycete | | gregarious, with smoky-brown pore | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | fading | leaf | | |
| (late summer) | gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf |
| leaf (live, blistered) |
|
live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus |
|
|
Ustilago striiformis |
Stripe Smut Of Grasses |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/ | Ustilago striiformis | stripe smut of grasses | | long, linear, erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live, blistered | leaf | | |
| | long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf may be infected and damaged by immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Lidophia graminis |
Twist |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/ | Lidophia graminis | twist | | immersed, often in rows between veins | pycnidium | Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | leaf | | |
| (5-10, esp. 7) | immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by effuse, mainly epiphyllous colony of Oidium anamorph |
|
|
Blumeria graminis |
Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/ | Blumeria graminis | grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew | | effuse, mainly epiphyllous | colony | Oidium anamorph |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | leaf | | |
| (2+) | effuse, mainly epiphyllous colony of Oidium anamorph parasitises live leaf |
| sheath (live) |
|
live sheath is parasitised by cleistothecium |
|
|
Blumeria graminis |
Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/ | Blumeria graminis | grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew | | | | cleistothecium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | live | sheath | | |
| (7-10) | cleistothecium parasitises live sheath |
| stem internode (basal) |
|
stem internode (basal) is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Ophiosphaerella herpotricha |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Ophiosphaerella herpotricha/ | Ophiosphaerella herpotricha | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | stem internode (basal) | | |
| (3-7) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on stem internode (basal) |
| stem internode (basal) |
|
stem internode (basal) is decayed by immersed pycnidial anamorph |
 |
|
Ophiosphaerella herpotricha |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Ophiosphaerella herpotricha/ | Ophiosphaerella herpotricha | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pycnidial anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | stem internode (basal) | | Minor |
| (3-7) | immersed pycnidial anamorph is saprobic on stem internode (basal) |
| stem |
|
stem is galled by stroma |
|
|
Epichloe clarkii |
Soft-grass Choke |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Biology of the Epichloe-Botanophila interaction: an intriguing association between fungi and insects, Bultman, T.L. & Leuchtmann, A., 2008
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe clarkii/ | Epichloe clarkii | soft-grass choke | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | | stem | | |
| (fertile in 8) | stroma causes gall of stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Leptosphaeria culmifraga |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/ | Leptosphaeria culmifraga | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
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Periconia minutissima |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/ | Periconia minutissima | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium |
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Septoriella vagans |
an ascomycete |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/ | Septoriella vagans | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-8) | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
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Septoriella vagans |
an ascomycete |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/ | Septoriella vagans | an ascomycete | | | pycnidium | Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| | pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Psilachnum eburneum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/ | Psilachnum eburneum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-9) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Lachnum controversum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum controversum/ | Lachnum controversum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Lachnum tenuissimum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Lachnaceae |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum tenuissimum/ | Lachnum tenuissimum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
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Lophodermium apiculatum |
an ascomycete fungus |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium apiculatum/ | Lophodermium apiculatum | an ascomycete fungus | | numerous, often confluent | pycnothyrium | Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/ | Holcus | soft-grasses | | dead | stem | | |
| (3-8) | numerous, often confluent pycnothyrium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
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