Carex hirta L.
(Hairy Sedge)

Interactions where Carex hirta 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
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia urticata var urticae-hirtae	a nettle clustercup 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 urticata var. urticae-hirtae/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-hirtae	a nettle clustercup rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia urticata var urticae-hirtae	a nettle clustercup 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 urticata var. urticae-hirtae/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-hirtae	a nettle clustercup rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		live						telium parasitises live
leaf base (dead)		dead leaf base is decayed by sessile apothecium			Clavidisculum caricis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Clavidisculum caricis/	Clavidisculum caricis	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf base				(5-8)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf base
leaf (dead, often dry, bleached)		dead, often dry, bleached leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium curvatum var minus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium curvatum var. minus/	Arthrinium curvatum var. minus	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead, often dry, bleached	leaf				(2-11)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often dry, bleached leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph			Periconia funerea	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia funerea/	Periconia funerea	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf					colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria caricicola	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria caricicola/	Phaeosphaeria caricicola	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf					immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			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 vitensis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf				(5-8)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by superficial pseudothecium			Acanthophiobolus helicosporus	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Acanthophiobolus helicosporus/	Acanthophiobolus helicosporus	an ascomycete		superficial		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf				(5-10)	superficial pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed apothecium			Stictis elongatispora	a discomycete	Ostropales: Stictidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Ostropales/Stictidaceae/Stictis elongatispora/	Stictis elongatispora	a discomycete		immersed		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf				(5-8)	immersed apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by sessile apothecium			Clavidisculum caricis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Clavidisculum caricis/	Clavidisculum caricis	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	leaf				(5-8)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (newly dead)		newly dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/	Arthrinium sporophleum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		newly dead	leaf				(3-4)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			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 vitensis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex hirta/	Carex hirta	hairy sedge		dead	sheath				(5-8)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath

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
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
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

Carex hirta (Hairy 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 hirta (Hairy 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 hirta (Hairy Sedge)

Carex hirta (Hairy 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 hirta (Hairy 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)

BioImages

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