Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
(Black-grass)

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

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

Filters:

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 is parasitised by			Blumeria graminis	Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/	Blumeria graminis	grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/	Alopecurus myosuroides	black-grass		live						parasitises live
leaf		leaf is spotted by colony of Mastigosporium anamorph			Mastigosporium album	an anamorphic fungus		Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/	Mastigosporium album	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Mastigosporium anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/	Alopecurus myosuroides	black-grass			leaf					colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/	Lidophia graminis	twist		immersed, often in rows between veins	pycnidium	Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/	Alopecurus myosuroides	black-grass		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 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/	Lidophia graminis	twist		immersed, often in rows between veins	pycnidium	Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/	Alopecurus myosuroides	black-grass		live	leaf				(5-10, esp. 7)	immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
stem		stem is galled by stroma			Epichloe typhina	Choke	Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae	Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe typhina/	Epichloe typhina	choke				stroma	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/	Alopecurus myosuroides	black-grass	?		stem					stroma causes gall of stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005	Epichloë in Britain	Mycologist Vol 19 (2): 82-87.

Alopecurus myosuroides (Black-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alopecurus
(foxtail grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alopecurus myosuroides (Black-grass)
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)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alopecurus myosuroides (Black-grass)

Alopecurus myosuroides (Black-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

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 myosuroides (Black-grass):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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