Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin
(Great Wood-rush)

Interactions where Luzula sylvatica 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 telium			Puccinia obscura	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia obscura/	Puccinia obscura	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is spotted by mostly hypophyllous uredium			Puccinia obscura	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia obscura/	Puccinia obscura	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		live						mostly hypophyllous uredium causes spots on live
leaf (base) (dead)		dead leaf (base) is decayed by short-stalked apothecium			Lachnum luzulinum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum luzulinum/	Lachnum luzulinum	a discomycete		short-stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf (base)					short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf (base)
leaf (base) (dead)		dead leaf (base) is decayed by apothecium			Orbilia luzularum	a glasscup	Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia luzularum/	Orbilia luzularum	a glasscup				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf (base)				(3-5)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf (base)
leaf (in mine at base) (over-wintered)		over-wintered leaf (in mine at base) may house puparium			Cerodontha silvatica	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha silvatica/	Cerodontha silvatica	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		over-wintered	leaf (in mine at base)		Sole			puparium may be found in over-wintered leaf (in mine at base)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Cerodontha luzulae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luzulae (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) - a species new to Britain, Bland, K.P., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha luzulae/	Cerodontha luzulae	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush			leaf		Sole			larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is foodplant of immersed, widely scattered, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta teretiuscula	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta teretiuscula/	Ascochyta teretiuscula	a coelomycete		immersed, widely scattered, black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush			leaf				(2-5)	immersed, widely scattered, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium			Lembosia luzulae	an ascomycete	Asterinales: Asterinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asterinales/Asterinaceae/Lembosia luzulae/	Lembosia luzulae	an ascomycete				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf				(5)	thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed, widely scattered, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta teretiuscula	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta teretiuscula/	Ascochyta teretiuscula	a coelomycete		immersed, widely scattered, black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf					immersed, widely scattered, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria epicalamia	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria epicalamia/	Phaeosphaeria epicalamia	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf				(3-6)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by clypeate perithecium			Anthostomella fuegiana	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella fuegiana/	Anthostomella fuegiana	a pyrenomycete		clypeate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf				(1-8)	clypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by fruitbody			Mycena pterigena	Ferny Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	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/Mycenaceae/Mycena pterigena/	Mycena pterigena	ferny bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	leaf		Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is parasitised by crowded, immersed, very minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria minuta	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 minuta/	Septoria minuta	a leaf-spot fungus		crowded, immersed, very minute, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		fading	leaf				(7-9)	crowded, immersed, very minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by crowded, immersed, very minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria minuta	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 minuta/	Septoria minuta	a leaf-spot fungus		crowded, immersed, very minute, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		live	leaf				(7-9)	crowded, immersed, very minute, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (over-wintering)		over-wintering leaf is mined by larva			Cerodontha silvatica	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Cerodontha silvatica (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) new to Britain, Gibbs, D., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha silvatica/	Cerodontha silvatica	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		over-wintering	leaf		Sole			larva mines over-wintering leaf
leaf (withered)		withered leaf is decayed by amphigenous, scattered or in rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora luzulae	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora luzulae/	Stagonospora luzulae	a coelomycete		amphigenous, scattered or in rows, immersed	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		withered	leaf				(3-5)	amphigenous, scattered or in rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on withered leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria epicalamia	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria epicalamia/	Phaeosphaeria epicalamia	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dead	stem				(3-6)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dry, dead)		dry, dead stem is decayed by gregarious, stromatic perithecium			Stioclettia luzulina	an ascomycete	Diaporthales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Stioclettia luzulina/	Stioclettia luzulina	an ascomycete		gregarious, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dry, dead	stem				(9)	gregarious, stromatic perithecium is saprobic on dry, dead stem
stem (dry, dead)		dry, dead stem is decayed by stroma			Stioclettia luzulina	an ascomycete	Diaporthales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Stioclettia luzulina/	Stioclettia luzulina	an ascomycete				stroma	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula sylvatica/	Luzula sylvatica	great wood-rush		dry, dead	stem				(9)	stroma is saprobic on dry, dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bland, K.P., 1993	Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luzulae (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) - a species new to Britain	Entomologist's Gazette 44, 271-273 Ent. Gazette 44: 271-273.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Gibbs, D., 2003	Cerodontha silvatica (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) new to Britain	Dipterists Digest 2003 10,61-65 Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 61-65.
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

Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Luzula
(wood-rushes)

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
Genus	Luzula (wood-rushes)
Family	JUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
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 Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)

Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Luzula
(wood-rushes)

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush):

Luzula
(wood-rushes)

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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