Festuca altissima All.
(Wood Fescue)

Interactions where Festuca altissima 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').

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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
may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusarium anamorph UK/Ireland Fusarium culmorum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium culmorum/Fusarium culmoruman anamorphic funguscolonyFusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescue colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages
(dead, fungus infected) dead, fungus infected is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Lewia infectoria an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Lewia infectoria/Lewia infectoriaan ascomyceteAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescuedead, fungus infected Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fungus infected
(dead) dead is decayed by thyriothecium Foreign Morenoina festucae a fly speck fungus Asterinales: Asterinaceae The genus Morenoina in Britain, Ellis, J.P., 1980
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Morenoina festucae/Morenoina festucaea fly speck fungusthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescuedead thyriothecium is saprobic on dead
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Pyrenophora lolii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pyrenophora lolii/Pyrenophora loliian ascomycetecolonyDrechslera dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescueliveleaf colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rustamphigenous, scattered or in patchesuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescueliveleaf (summer)amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca altissima/Festuca altissimawood fescueliveleaf (mid 8-)hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, J.P., 1980The genus Morenoina in BritainTBMS Vol 74 (2): 297-307.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fletcher, H.J., 1976Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetationVol 10 (1)

Festuca altissima (Wood Fescue) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFestuca altissima (Wood Fescue)
GenusFestuca (fescue grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Festuca altissima (Wood Fescue)

Festuca altissima (Wood Fescue) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Festuca altissima (Wood Fescue):

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