Carex vulpina L.
(True Fox-sedge)

Interactions where Carex vulpina 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
is foodplant of larva Anthomyza gracilis an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/Anthomyza gracilisan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex vulpina/Carex vulpinatrue fox-sedge larva feeds on
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandQuestionable Septoria riparia 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 riparia/Septoria ripariaa leaf-spot fungusscattered, covered then erumpent, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex vulpina/Carex vulpinatrue fox-sedge?deadleaf scattered, covered then erumpent, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
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 vulpina/Carex vulpinatrue fox-sedgestem (upper parts) (late summer)scattered sporodochium parasitises stem (upper parts)
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 vulpina/Carex vulpinatrue fox-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 vulpina/Carex vulpinatrue fox-sedgestem (autumn onwards)sclerotium parasitises stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.

Carex vulpina (True Fox-sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex vulpina (True Fox-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 vulpina (True Fox-sedge)

Carex vulpina (True Fox-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 vulpina (True Fox-sedge):

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