| Affected Part |
|
Summary |
|
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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 |
|
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is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Lachnum palearum var niger |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Lachnum palearum var. niger/ | Lachnum palearum var. niger | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | | | | |
| (5-6) | apothecium is saprobic on |
| (dead) |
|
dead is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia glyceriicola |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia glyceriicola/ | Periconia glyceriicola | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | | | |
| (12-4) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead |
| (live) |
|
live has sap sucked by |
 |
|
Macrosiphum avenae |
an aphid |
Hemiptera: Aphididae |
Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum avenae/ | Macrosiphum avenae | an aphid | | | | |
Foodplant / sap sucker | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | | | |
| | sucks sap of live |
| (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/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | | | |
| | parasitises live |
| (live) |
|
live is parasitised by fruitbody |
 |
|
Limonomyces roseipellis |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Corticiales: Corticiaceae |
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/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Limonomyces roseipellis/ | Limonomyces roseipellis | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | | | Major |
| | fruitbody parasitises live |
| (live) |
|
live is parasitised by scattered or in rows uredium |
|
|
Uromyces dactylidis |
Celandine Clustercup Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/ | Uromyces dactylidis | celandine clustercup rust | | scattered or in rows | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | | | |
| | scattered or in rows uredium parasitises live |
| leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) |
|
leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph |
|
|
Monographella nivalis |
Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism |
Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/ | Monographella nivalis | snow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism) | | | | Fusarium anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | | leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) | | Major |
| (mainly 10-3) | Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) |
| leaf |
|
leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta leptospora |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta leptospora/ | Ascochyta leptospora | a coelomycete | | | pycnidium | Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | | leaf | | |
| | pycnidium of Actinothyrium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf |
| leaf (bleached) |
|
bleached leaf is spotted by |
|
|
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa |
Dollar Spot - causative organism |
Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/ | Sclerotinia homoeocarpa | dollar spot (causative organism) | | | | |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | bleached | leaf | | Major |
| (early autumn) | causes spots on bleached leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Botryosphaeria festucae |
an ascomycete |
Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Botryosphaeria festucae/ | Botryosphaeria festucae | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| (6-8) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta festucae |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/ | Ascochyta festucae | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| | immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Paraphaeosphaeria michotii |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraphaeosphaeria michotii/ | Paraphaeosphaeria michotii | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| (1-7) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by immersed apothecium |
|
|
Lophodermium alpinum |
an ascomycete fungus |
Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae |
New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and Islands, Dennis, R.W.G., 1980
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Lophodermium alpinum/ | Lophodermium alpinum | an ascomycete fungus | | immersed | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| | immersed apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by perithecium |
|
|
Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| (6-7) | perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | superficial | conidioma | Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dry, dead) |
|
dry, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Periconia hispidula |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia hispidula/ | Periconia hispidula | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | effuse | colony | Periconia dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dry, dead | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, dead leaf |
| leaf (fading) |
|
fading leaf is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta festucae |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/ | Ascochyta festucae | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | fading | leaf | | |
| | immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fading leaf |
| leaf (live, blistered) |
|
live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus |
|
|
Ustilago striiformis |
Stripe Smut Of Grasses |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/ | Ustilago striiformis | stripe smut of grasses | | long, linear, erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live, blistered | leaf | | |
| | long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf |
| leaf (live, sometimes bright yellow) |
|
live, sometimes bright yellow leaf is parasitised by linear, stroma |
|
|
Phyllachora sylvatica f. sylvatica |
an ascomycete |
Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Phyllachorales/Phyllachoraceae/Phyllachora sylvatica f. sylvatica/ | Phyllachora sylvatica f. sylvatica | an ascomycete | | linear, | stroma | |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live, sometimes bright yellow | leaf | | |
| | linear, stroma parasitises live, sometimes bright yellow leaf |
| leaf (live, yellow banded) |
|
live, yellow banded leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous telium |
|
|
Uromyces dactylidis |
Celandine Clustercup Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/ | Uromyces dactylidis | celandine clustercup rust | | mainly hypophyllous | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live, yellow banded | leaf | | |
| | mainly hypophyllous telium parasitises live, yellow banded leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph |
|
|
Spermospora lolii |
an anamorphic fungus |
|
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Spermospora lolii/ | Spermospora lolii | an anamorphic fungus | | | | Spermospora anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | leaf | | |
| | Spermospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous uredium |
|
|
Puccinia festucae |
Honeysuckle Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia festucae/ | Puccinia festucae | honeysuckle rust | | epiphyllous | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | leaf | | |
| (summer) | epiphyllous uredium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium |
|
|
Puccinia festucae |
Honeysuckle Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia festucae/ | Puccinia festucae | honeysuckle rust | | hypophyllous | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | leaf | | |
| (summer) | hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium |
|
|
Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola |
Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/ | Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola | black stem rusts of wild grasses | | amphigenous | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf |
| plant (dying) |
|
dying plant may be infected and damaged by strand |
|
|
Laetisaria fuciformis |
Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism) |
Corticiales: Corticiaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Laetisaria fuciformis/ | Laetisaria fuciformis | red thread disease (causal organism) | | | strand | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dying | plant | | Major |
| (9-10) | strand infects and damages dying plant |
| plant (patchily dead) |
|
patchily dead plant may be infected and damaged by |
|
|
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa |
Dollar Spot - causative organism |
Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/ | Sclerotinia homoeocarpa | dollar spot (causative organism) | | | | |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | patchily dead | plant | | Major |
| (early autumn) | infects and damages patchily dead plant |
| sheath (dead) |
|
dead sheath is decayed by perithecium |
|
|
Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | sheath | | |
| (6-7) | perithecium is saprobic on dead sheath |
| sheath (dead) |
|
dead sheath is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | superficial | conidioma | Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | sheath | | |
| (1-12) | superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath |
| sheath (live) |
|
live sheath is parasitised by uredium |
|
|
Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola |
Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/ | Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola | black stem rusts of wild grasses | | | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | sheath | | |
| | uredium parasitises live sheath |
| sheath (live) |
|
live sheath is parasitised by linear telium |
|
|
Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola |
Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/ | Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola | black stem rusts of wild grasses | | linear | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | sheath | | |
| | linear telium parasitises live sheath |
| stem |
|
stem is galled by stroma |
|
|
Epichloe festucae |
Fescue Choke |
Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe festucae/ | Epichloe festucae | fescue choke | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | | stem | | |
| (fertile in 8) | stroma causes gall of stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by erect ascocarp |
|
|
Acrospermum graminum |
an ascomycete |
Acrospermales: Acrospermaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Acrospermales/Acrospermaceae/Acrospermum graminum/ | Acrospermum graminum | an ascomycete | | erect | | ascocarp |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | Major |
| | erect ascocarp is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
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Botryosphaeria festucae |
an ascomycete |
Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Botryosphaeria festucae/ | Botryosphaeria festucae | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (6-8) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium |
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Leptosphaeria culmifraga |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/ | Leptosphaeria culmifraga | an ascomycete | | scattered, initially immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (spring, summer) | scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Paraphaeosphaeria michotii |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraphaeosphaeria michotii/ | Paraphaeosphaeria michotii | an ascomycete | | immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (1-7) | immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium |
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Hymenoscyphus scutula |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Helotiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus scutula/ | Hymenoscyphus scutula | a discomycete | | stalked | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (10-1) | stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Albotricha albotestacea |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Albotricha albotestacea/ | Albotricha albotestacea | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-8) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by perithecium |
|
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Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (6-7) | perithecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
|
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Dinemasporium strigosum |
a pyrenomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Dinemasporium strigosum/ | Dinemasporium strigosum | a pyrenomycete | | superficial | conidioma | Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| (1-12) | superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by fruitbody |
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Typhula incarnata |
Snow Rot Disease Of Barley - causative organism |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Typhulaceae/Typhula incarnata/ | Typhula incarnata | snow rot disease of barley - causative organism | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dead | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dying) |
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dying stem is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Typhula incarnata |
Snow Rot Disease Of Barley - causative organism |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Typhulaceae/Typhula incarnata/ | Typhula incarnata | snow rot disease of barley - causative organism | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | dying | stem | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dying stem |
| stem (live) |
|
live stem is parasitised by uredium |
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Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola |
Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/ | Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola | black stem rusts of wild grasses | | | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | stem | | |
| | uredium parasitises live stem |
| stem (live) |
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live stem is parasitised by linear telium |
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Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola |
Black Stem Rusts Of Wild Grasses |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola/ | Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola | black stem rusts of wild grasses | | linear | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./ | Festuca rubra agg. | red fescues | | live | stem | | |
| | linear telium parasitises live stem |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Festuca rubra agg. (red fescues)
