Nardus stricta L.
(Mat-grass)

Interactions where Nardus stricta 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').

Filters:

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 decayed by clypeate apothecium			Scutomollisia punctum	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Scutomollisia punctum/	Scutomollisia punctum	an ascomycete fungus		clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass								clypeate apothecium is saprobic on
inflorescence		inflorescence is parasitised by Sphacelia anamorph			Claviceps purpurea	Ergot	Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/	Claviceps purpurea	ergot				Sphacelia anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass			inflorescence				(7)	Sphacelia anamorph parasitises inflorescence
inflorescence		inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sclerotium			Claviceps purpurea	Ergot	Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea/	Claviceps purpurea	ergot				sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass			inflorescence				(9-11)	sclerotium infects and damages inflorescence
leaf (dead, dry)		dead, dry leaf is decayed by numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora subseriata	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	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/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora subseriata/	Stagonospora subseriata	a coelomycete		numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead, dry	leaf				(4-5)	numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, dry leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Paraphaeosphaeria michotii	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraphaeosphaeria michotii/	Paraphaeosphaeria michotii	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	leaf				(1-7)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria nardi	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria nardi/	Phaeosphaeria nardi	an ascomycete		scattered, immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	leaf				(7-9)	scattered, immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Paraphaeosphaeria michotii	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraphaeosphaeria michotii/	Paraphaeosphaeria michotii	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	stem				(1-7)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria nardi	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria nardi/	Phaeosphaeria nardi	an ascomycete		scattered, immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	stem				(7-9)	scattered, immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora subseriata	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora subseriata/	Stagonospora subseriata	a coelomycete		numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	stem				(4-5)	numerous, scattered or in short rows, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium			Pyrenopeziza maculans	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza maculans/	Pyrenopeziza maculans	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Nardus stricta/	Nardus stricta	mat-grass		dead	stem					sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Nardus stricta (Mat-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Nardus stricta (Mat-grass)
Tribe	Nardeae (mat grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
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 Nardus stricta (Mat-grass)

Nardus stricta (Mat-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nardus stricta (Mat-grass):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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