Carex arenaria L.
(Sand Sedge)

Interactions where Carex arenaria 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
		debris is decayed by fruitbody			Psathyrella flexispora	a brittlestem	Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae	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/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella flexispora/	Psathyrella flexispora	a brittlestem				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge				debris				fruitbody is saprobic on debris
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia dioicae var arenariicola	a rust fungus	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 dioicae var. arenariicola/	Puccinia dioicae var. arenariicola	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia dioicae var arenariicola	a rust fungus	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 dioicae var. arenariicola/	Puccinia dioicae var. arenariicola	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia dioicae var schoeleriana	a rust fungus	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 dioicae var. schoeleriana/	Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia dioicae var schoeleriana	a rust fungus	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 dioicae var. schoeleriana/	Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		live						telium parasitises live
leaf (small) (dead)		dead leaf (small) is decayed by scattered, very minute, blackish, covered then erumpent by vertex pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria punctoidea	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria punctoidea/	Septoria punctoidea	a leaf-spot fungus		scattered, very minute, blackish, covered then erumpent by vertex	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf (small)					scattered, very minute, blackish, covered then erumpent by vertex pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf (small)
leaf (tip) (dead)		dead leaf (tip) is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta sodalis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta sodalis/	Ascochyta sodalis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf (tip)				(12-7)	pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf (tip)
leaf tip (dead)		dead leaf tip is spotted by very numerous, crowded, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria caricis	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria caricis/	Septoria caricis	a leaf-spot fungus		very numerous, crowded, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf tip				(7-8)	very numerous, crowded, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf tip
leaf (dead, decaying)		dead, decaying leaf is decayed by immersed perithecium			Cyptoniesslia setulosa	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Niessliaceae	Cyptoniesslia setulosa gen. et sp. nov., Scheuer, C.H., 1993	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Niessliaceae/Cyptoniesslia setulosa/	Cyptoniesslia setulosa	an ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead, decaying	leaf					immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead, decaying leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by linearly arranged, blackish, covered then semi-erumpent pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria lineolata	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lineolata/	Septoria lineolata	a leaf-spot fungus		linearly arranged, blackish, covered then semi-erumpent	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf				(10-3)	linearly arranged, blackish, covered then semi-erumpent pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora caricinella	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora caricinella/	Stagonospora caricinella	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf					pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, fuscous pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora caricis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora caricis/	Stagonospora caricis	a coelomycete		scattered, subepidermal, fuscous	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf				(1-12)	scattered, subepidermal, fuscous pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by subsessile, swarming apothecium			Pezizella incerta	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella incerta/	Pezizella incerta	a discomycete		subsessile, swarming		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf				(7-11)	subsessile, swarming apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by widely but densely scattered, very small, black, covered pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph			Diplodina caricis	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina caricis/	Diplodina caricis	a coelomycete		widely but densely scattered, very small, black, covered	pycnidium	Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		dead	leaf				(8)	widely but densely scattered, very small, black, covered pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (often dry, bleached, dead)		often dry, bleached, dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium puccinioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium puccinioides/	Arthrinium puccinioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		often dry, bleached, dead	leaf				(1-)3-5(-12)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf
ovary (live)		live ovary is parasitised by sorus			Anthracoidea arenariae	a smut fungus	Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea arenariae/	Anthracoidea arenariae	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex arenaria/	Carex arenaria	sand sedge		live	ovary					sorus parasitises live ovary

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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Scheuer, C.H., 1993	Cyptoniesslia setulosa gen. et sp. nov.	Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (05): 543-546.

Carex arenaria (Sand 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)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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

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

Carex
(sedges)

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

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 arenaria (Sand Sedge):

Carex
(sedges)

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

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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