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 '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
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland 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 vitensisa coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgedeadleaf (5-8)pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland 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 vitensisa coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgedeadsheath (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 sulcatulaa discomycetescatteredsporodochium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem (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 duriaeanaa discomyceteembeddedsclerotium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem 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 duriaeanaa discomycetepaired, repeated at 5-15mmsporodochium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem (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 duriaeanaa discomycetestromatic, shortly and stoutly stalkedapothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem (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 sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotioid, long and slender stalkedapothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem (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 sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex disticha/Carex distichabrown sedgestem (autumn onwards)sclerotium parasitises stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex disticha (Brown Sedge)
GenusCarex (sedges)
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 Carex disticha (Brown Sedge)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex disticha (Brown Sedge):

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