Carex disticha Huds.
(Brown Sedge)

Interactions where Carex disticha 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').

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
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora vitensis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora vitensis/	Stagonospora vitensis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge		dead	leaf				(5-8)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora vitensis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora vitensis/	Stagonospora vitensis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge		dead	sheath				(5-8)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath
stem (upper parts)		stem (upper parts) is parasitised by scattered sporodochium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete		scattered		sporodochium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem (upper parts)				(late summer)	scattered sporodochium parasitises stem (upper parts)
stem		stem is parasitised by embedded sclerotium			Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia duriaeana/	Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete		embedded		sclerotium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem					embedded sclerotium parasitises stem
stem		stem is parasitised by paired, repeated at 5-15mm sporodochium			Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia duriaeana/	Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete		paired, repeated at 5-15mm		sporodochium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem				(late summer)	paired, repeated at 5-15mm sporodochium parasitises stem
stem		stem is parasitised by stromatic, shortly and stoutly stalked apothecium			Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia duriaeana/	Myriosclerotinia duriaeana	a discomycete		stromatic, shortly and stoutly stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem				(5-6)	stromatic, shortly and stoutly stalked apothecium parasitises stem
stem		stem is parasitised by sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete		sclerotioid, long and slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem				(4-6)	sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium parasitises stem
stem		stem is parasitised by sclerotium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete				sclerotium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/	Carex disticha	brown sedge			stem				(autumn onwards)	sclerotium parasitises stem

Carex disticha (Brown Sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Carex disticha (Brown Sedge)
Genus	Carex (sedges)
Family	CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex disticha (Brown Sedge)

Carex disticha (Brown Sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

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 Carex disticha (Brown Sedge):

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

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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