Trichophorum Pers.
(deergrasses)

Interactions where Trichophorum 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
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sunken apothecium Hysteropezizella foecunda a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysteropezizella foecunda/Hysteropezizella foecundaa discomycetesunkenapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadleaf ()sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by superficial, sessile apothecium UK/IrelandRestricted Mollisia fuscoparaphysata a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Mollisia fuscoparaphysata, Douglas, B., 2015
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some new discomycetes on Cyperaceae, Graddon, W.D., 1977
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia fuscoparaphysata/Mollisia fuscoparaphysataa discomycetesuperficial, sessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/TrichophorumdeergrassesdeadleafSole ()superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium Nimbomollisia eriophori a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Nimbomollisia eriophori/Nimbomollisia eriophoria discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadleaf (6-10)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (old, decomposing, dead) old, decomposing, dead leaf is decayed by immersed, clypeate pycnidium of Tiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph Tiarosporella paludosa a coelomycete Helotiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Tiarosporella paludosa/Tiarosporella paludosaa coelomyceteimmersed, clypeatepycnidiumTiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesold, decomposing, deadleaf immersed, clypeate pycnidium of Tiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on old, decomposing, dead leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Didymella proximella an ascomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella proximella/Didymella proximellaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadstem (3-7)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sunken apothecium Hysteropezizella foecunda a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysteropezizella foecunda/Hysteropezizella foecundaa discomycetesunkenapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadstem ()sunken apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, sessile apothecium UK/IrelandRestricted Mollisia fuscoparaphysata a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Mollisia fuscoparaphysata, Douglas, B., 2015
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some new discomycetes on Cyperaceae, Graddon, W.D., 1977
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia fuscoparaphysata/Mollisia fuscoparaphysataa discomycetesuperficial, sessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/TrichophorumdeergrassesdeadstemSole ()superficial, sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Nimbomollisia eriophori a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Nimbomollisia eriophori/Nimbomollisia eriophoria discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadstem (6-10)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by long-stalked, sclerotial apothecium UK/Ireland Myriosclerotinia dennisii a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and Islands, Dennis, R.W.G., 1980
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia dennisii/Myriosclerotinia dennisiia discomycetelong-stalked, sclerotialapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesdeadstem (6-10)long-stalked, sclerotial apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (old, decomposing, dead) old, decomposing, dead stem is decayed by immersed, clypeate pycnidium of Tiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph Tiarosporella paludosa a coelomycete Helotiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Tiarosporella paludosa/Tiarosporella paludosaa coelomyceteimmersed, clypeatepycnidiumTiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesold, decomposing, deadstem immersed, clypeate pycnidium of Tiarosporella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on old, decomposing, dead stem
stem (rotting, dead) rotting, dead stem is decayed by apothecial, immersed sclerotium UK/Ireland Myriosclerotinia dennisii a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and Islands, Dennis, R.W.G., 1980
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia dennisii/Myriosclerotinia dennisiia discomyceteapothecial, immersedsclerotium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum/Trichophorumdeergrassesrotting, deadstem (6-10)apothecial, immersed sclerotium is saprobic on rotting, dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1980New or critical Fungi from the Highlands and IslandsKew Bulletin vol 35 (2): 343-361.
Douglas, B., 2015Mollisia fuscoparaphysatahttp://fungi.myspecies.info/content/lost-found-fungi-project
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Graddon, W.D., 1977Some new discomycetes on CyperaceaeKew Bulletin vol 31 (3): 511-516.

Trichophorum (deergrasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Trichophorum alpinum
Cotton Deergrass
Species 1 trophisms
Trichophorum caespitosum s.l.
deergrass
Species sensu lato 4 trophisms
Trichophorum caespitosum s.s.
Northern Deergrass
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Trichophorum cespitosum x germanicum (T. x foersteri)
a deer grass
Species hybrid 1 trophisms 1 references
Trichophorum germanicum s.s.
Deergrass
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTrichophorum (deergrasses)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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 Trichophorum (deergrasses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Roberts, J. JR’s Botanical Pages www.edencroft2.demon.co.uk

Trichophorum (deergrasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trichophorum (deergrasses):

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