Acorus calamus L.
(Sweet-flag)

Interactions where Acorus calamus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part Summary 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
(decayed) decayed is decayed by fruitbody Endoperplexa enodulosa a jelly fungus Auriculariales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Auriculariales/Endoperplexa enodulosa/Endoperplexa enodulosaa jelly fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagdecayed fruitbody is saprobic on decayed
leaf (lower part) leaf (lower part) is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta acori a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta acori/Ascochyta acoria coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagleaf (lower part) (10-12)immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on leaf (lower part)
leaf leaf is spotted by amphigenous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta acorella a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta acorella/Phyllosticta acorellaa coelomyceteamphigenouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagleaf (8)amphigenous pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Ramularia aromatica an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia aromatica/Ramularia aromaticaan anamorphic fungusamphigenousRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagliveleafSole amphigenous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by sparsely scattered, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta calami a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta calami/Ascochyta calamia coelomycetesparsely scattered, minute, blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagliveleaf (5-8)sparsely scattered, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by Foreign Phlyctochytrium planicorne a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Chytridiales: Chytridiaceae Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/Phlyctochytrium planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagdeadstem is saprobic on dead stem

Acorus calamus (Sweet-flag) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Canter, H.M., 1961Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmidsTBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcorus calamus (Sweet-flag)
FamilyACORACEAE (sweet flags)
OrderACORALES (an order of flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acorus calamus (Sweet-flag)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the hand () Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Acorus calamus (Sweet-flag) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acorus calamus (Sweet-flag):

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