Alopecurus L.
(foxtail grasses)

Interactions where Alopecurus 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
(live)		live may have female micropter			Bolacothrips jordani	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Bolacothrips jordani/	Bolacothrips jordani	a thrips				female micropter	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses	?	live					(8-10)	female micropter may be found on 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/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail 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/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses			inflorescence				(9-11)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Selandria serva	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses			leaf		Major			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph			Pseudoseptoria donacis	a coelomycete	Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae	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/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Pseudoseptoria donacis/	Pseudoseptoria donacis	a coelomycete		immersed, crowded or in rows	pycnidium	Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses			leaf				(5-7)	immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on 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/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		fading	leaf				(late summer)	gregarious, with smoky-brown pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Rhynchosporium orthosporum	a stromatic coelomycete	Helotiales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/	Rhynchosporium orthosporum	a stromatic coelomycete		immersed, thin, subcuticular	stromatic plates	Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		live	leaf					immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Rhynchosporium secalis	Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism	Helotiales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium secalis/	Rhynchosporium secalis	leaf blotch or scald of grasses - causative organism		immersed, thin, subcuticular	stromatic plates	Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		live	leaf				(4-9)	immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus			Urocystis alopecuri	Foxtail Smut	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis alopecuri/	Urocystis alopecuri	foxtail smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		live	leaf					embedded sorus parasitises live leaf
sheath		sheath is spotted by immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph			Pseudoseptoria donacis	a coelomycete	Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae	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/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Pseudoseptoria donacis/	Pseudoseptoria donacis	a coelomycete		immersed, crowded or in rows	pycnidium	Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses			sheath				(5-7)	immersed, crowded or in rows pycnidium of Pseudoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on sheath
sheath (live)		live sheath is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Rhynchosporium orthosporum	a stromatic coelomycete	Helotiales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/	Rhynchosporium orthosporum	a stromatic coelomycete		immersed, thin, subcuticular	stromatic plates	Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		live	sheath					immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live sheath
sheath (live)		live sheath is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Rhynchosporium secalis	Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism	Helotiales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium secalis/	Rhynchosporium secalis	leaf blotch or scald of grasses - causative organism		immersed, thin, subcuticular	stromatic plates	Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		live	sheath				(4-9)	immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live sheath
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria vagans	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria vagans/	Phaeosphaeria vagans	an ascomycete				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		dead	stem				(4-8)	pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph			Phaeosphaeria vagans	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria vagans/	Phaeosphaeria vagans	an ascomycete			pycnidium	Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses		dead	stem					pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Alopecurus (foxtail grasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Alopecurus aequalis Orange Foxtail				Species		1 trophisms
Alopecurus bulbosus Bulbous Foxtail				Species			1 references
Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail				Species		7 trophisms	2 references
Alopecurus geniculatus x bulbosus = A. x plettkei a hybrid foxtail				Species hybrid			1 references
Alopecurus myosuroides Black-grass				Species		5 trophisms
Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail				Species		21 trophisms	2 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Alopecurus (foxtail grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Subclass	LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Alopecurus is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Liliidae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alopecurus (foxtail grasses)

Alopecurus (foxtail grasses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alopecurus (foxtail grasses):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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