Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
(Dwarf Spike-rush)

Interactions where Eleocharis parvula 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
culm (base) (live) live culm (base) is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Parvulago marina Spike Rush Smut Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae 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/Ustilaginaceae/Parvulago marina/Parvulago marinaspike rush smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis parvula/Eleocharis parvuladwarf spike-rushliveculm (base) embedded sorus parasitises live culm (base)
rhizome (live, swollen) live, swollen rhizome is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Parvulago marina Spike Rush Smut Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Parvulago marina/Parvulago marinaspike rush smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis parvula/Eleocharis parvuladwarf spike-rushlive, swollenrhizome embedded sorus parasitises live, swollen rhizome
root (live, swollen) live, swollen root is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Parvulago marina Spike Rush Smut Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Parvulago marina/Parvulago marinaspike rush smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis parvula/Eleocharis parvuladwarf spike-rushlive, swollenroot embedded sorus parasitises live, swollen root

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Eleocharis parvula (Dwarf Spike-rush) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEleocharis parvula (Dwarf Spike-rush)
GenusEleocharis (spike-rushes)
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 Eleocharis parvula (Dwarf Spike-rush)

Eleocharis parvula (Dwarf Spike-rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eleocharis parvula (Dwarf Spike-rush):

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