Carex acutiformis (lesser pond-sedge)

Interactions where Carex acutiformis 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	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	Season	Summary
	is foodplant of larva	Anagnota bicolor	an anthomyzid fly	Diptera: Anthomyzidae	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anagnota bicolor/	Anagnota bicolor	an anthomyzid fly			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Anthomyza neglecta	an anthomyzid fly	Diptera: Anthomyzidae	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza neglecta/	Anthomyza neglecta	an anthomyzid fly			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Stiphrosoma cingulatum	an anthomyzid fly	Diptera: Anthomyzidae	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Stiphrosoma cingulatum/	Stiphrosoma cingulatum	an anthomyzid fly			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge							larva feeds on
(dry, scorched or burnt)	dry, scorched or burnt is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Massarina igniaria/	Massarina igniaria	an ascomycete	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dry, scorched or burnt				(8-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, scorched or burnt
(live)	live is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutiformis	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-acutiformis/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis	a nettle clustercup rust			uredium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		live					uredium parasitises live
(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutiformis	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-acutiformis/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis	a nettle clustercup rust			telium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		live					telium parasitises live
(old, blackened)	old, blackened fruit is decayed by long stalked apothecium	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria aschersoniana/	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete	long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		old, blackened		fruit		(end 3-end 5)	long stalked apothecium is saprobic on old, blackened fruit
(old, blackened)	old, blackened fruit is decayed by sporodochium of anamorph	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciboria aschersoniana/	Ciboria aschersoniana	a discomycete		sporodochium	anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge	?	old, blackened		fruit		(10-2)	sporodochium of anamorph is saprobic on old, blackened fruit
glume	glume is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia dactyligluma	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia dactyligluma/	Mollisia dactyligluma	a discomycete	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge			glume			(6-7)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on glume
inflorescence (live)	live inflorescence is parasitised by "hairy", brown sorus	Farysia thuemenii	Sedge Flower Smut Fungus	Ustilaginales: Farysiaceae	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/Farysiaceae/Farysia thuemenii/	Farysia thuemenii	sedge flower smut fungus	"hairy", brown		sorus	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge	?	live	inflorescence				"hairy", brown sorus parasitises live inflorescence
leaf (base) (dead)	dead leaf (base) is decayed by apothecium	Mollisia pilosa	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia pilosa/	Mollisia pilosa	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf (base)			(2-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf (base)
leaf (upper surface) (windowed)	windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult	Donacia aquatica	Zircon Reed Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia aquatica/	Donacia aquatica	zircon reed beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		windowed	leaf (upper surface)			(5-7(-10)	adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf base (dead, often reddened)	dead, often reddened leaf base is decayed by subiculate apothecium	Mollisia asteroma	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia asteroma/	Mollisia asteroma	a discomycete	subiculate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead, often reddened	leaf base			(4-11)	subiculate apothecium is saprobic on dead, often reddened leaf base
leaf base (dead)	dead leaf base is decayed by fruitbody	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf base		Major		fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf base
leaf sheath (lower part) (dead)	dead leaf sheath (lower part) may be infected and damaged by immersed, mycelial matted perithecium	Gaeumannomyces graminis	Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent)	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)	immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)			(3-10)	immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Cerodontha eucaricis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/	Cerodontha eucaricis	a leaf-mining fly			puparium	Plant / resting place / within	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge			leaf-mine				puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Cerodontha eucaricis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/	Cerodontha eucaricis	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge			leaf				larva mines leaf
leaf (dead, dry)	dead, dry leaf is decayed by immersed apothecium	Phragmonaevia hysterioides	a discomycete	Helotiales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Phragmonaevia hysterioides/	Phragmonaevia hysterioides	a discomycete	immersed		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead, dry	leaf			(6-9)	immersed apothecium is saprobic on dead, dry leaf
leaf (dead, over-wintered)	dead, over-wintered leaf is decayed by scattered to gregarious, minute, superficial perithecium	Trichonectria hyalocristata	a minute perithecial ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Two small ascomycetes on Carex new to Britain, Scheuer, C.H., 1989	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Trichonectria hyalocristata/	Trichonectria hyalocristata	a minute perithecial ascomycete	scattered to gregarious, minute, superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead, over-wintered	leaf				scattered to gregarious, minute, superficial perithecium is saprobic on dead, over-wintered leaf
leaf (dead, overwintered)	dead, overwintered leaf is decayed by superficial pseudothecium	Taphrophila cornu-capreoli	a pseudothecial ascomycete	Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Two small ascomycetes on Carex new to Britain, Scheuer, C.H., 1989	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Taphrophila cornu-capreoli/	Taphrophila cornu-capreoli	a pseudothecial ascomycete	superficial		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead, overwintered	leaf				superficial pseudothecium is saprobic on dead, overwintered leaf
leaf (dead, submerged or saturated)	dead, submerged or saturated leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora macropycnidia	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Stagonospora macropycnidia sp. nov., Cunnell, G.J., 1961 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora macropycnidia/	Stagonospora macropycnidia	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead, submerged or saturated	leaf			(11-5)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, submerged or saturated leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Metasphaeria cumana f. macrospora	an ascomycete	Dothideales: Saccotheciaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Saccotheciaceae/Metasphaeria cumana f. macrospora/	Metasphaeria cumana f. macrospora	an ascomycete	immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(7-8)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Didymella proximella	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Didymellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella proximella/	Didymella proximella	an ascomycete	immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(3-7)	immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia atra	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia atra/	Periconia atra	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(4-9)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia curta/	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(1-12)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia digitata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/	Periconia digitata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(mainly winter)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead 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 acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia laminella	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia laminella/	Periconia laminella	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia minutissima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/	Periconia minutissima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(1-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is spotted by punctiform, scattered singly or in lines, mainly epiphyllous, black, covered then piercing pycnidium of Phaeoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Phaeoseptoria caricicola	a coelomycetous anamorphic fungus	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/Phaeoseptoria caricicola/	Phaeoseptoria caricicola	a coelomycetous anamorphic fungus	punctiform, scattered singly or in lines, mainly epiphyllous, black, covered then piercing	pycnidium	Phaeoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(4-9)	punctiform, scattered singly or in lines, mainly epiphyllous, black, covered then piercing pycnidium of Phaeoseptoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora anglica	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora anglica/	Stagonospora anglica	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(11)	pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora caricinella	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 caricinella/	Stagonospora caricinella	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, fuscous pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora caricis	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 caricis/	Stagonospora caricis	a coelomycete	scattered, subepidermal, fuscous	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(1-12)	scattered, subepidermal, fuscous pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora paludosa	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora paludosa/	Stagonospora paludosa	a coelomycete	amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(9-4)	amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma 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 acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(5-10)	superficial pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph	Taphrophila cornu-capreoli	a pseudothecial ascomycete	Pleosporales: Tubeufiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Tubeufiaceae/Taphrophila cornu-capreoli/	Taphrophila cornu-capreoli	a pseudothecial ascomycete			Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				Mirandina dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete	superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(3-7)	superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by shortly stipitate apothecium	Calycina ellisii	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Calycina ellisii/	Calycina ellisii	a discomycete	shortly stipitate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(4-8)	shortly stipitate apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by apothecium	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf		Minor	(4-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by apothecium	Psilachnum lateritioalbum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum lateritioalbum/	Psilachnum lateritioalbum	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(7-8)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by apothecium	Lachnum carneolum var longisporum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum/	Lachnum carneolum var. longisporum	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf		Minor	(2-)6-8(-10)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph	Neottiospora caricina	a coelomycete		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/Neottiospora caricina/	Neottiospora caricina	a coelomycete	scattered, immersed, amphigenous	pycnidium	Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(3-8)	scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Apiospora montagnei	an ascomycete fungus	Apiosporaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Apiospora montagnei/	Apiospora montagnei	an ascomycete fungus		colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf		Minor	(esp. 7-8)	colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Myrothecium cinctum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium cinctum/	Myrothecium cinctum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	stalked, occasionally sessile	sporodochium	Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(3-5)	stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Volutella anamorph	Volutella arundinis	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Volutella arundinis/	Volutella arundinis	an anamorphic fungus		sporodochium	Volutella anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				sporodochium of Volutella anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Volutella anamorph	Volutella melaloma	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Volutella melaloma/	Volutella melaloma	an anamorphic fungus		sporodochium	Volutella anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf				sporodochium of Volutella anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf of esp. occasionally flooded is decayed by extensive, hypophyllous, velvety colony of Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Clasterosporium caricinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. I, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Clasterosporium caricinum/	Clasterosporium caricinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	extensive, hypophyllous, velvety	colony	Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf	esp. occasionally flooded	Major	(1-12)	extensive, hypophyllous, velvety colony of Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf of esp. occasionally flooded
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed perithecium	Ceriophora palustris	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Ceriophora palustris/	Ceriophora palustris	a pyrenomycete	immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(3-8)	immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by subclypeate perithecium	Anthostomella limitata	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella limitata/	Anthostomella limitata	a pyrenomycete	subclypeate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf			(4-12)	subclypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed, clypeate perithecium	Anthostomella punctulata	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella punctulata/	Anthostomella punctulata	a pyrenomycete	immersed, clypeate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf		Minor	(2-10)	immersed, clypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dry, dead)	dry, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia hispidula	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia hispidula/	Periconia hispidula	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dry, dead	leaf			(1-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, dead leaf
leaf (dry, dead)	dry, dead leaf is decayed by superficial perithecium	Niesslia exosporioides	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Niessliaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Niessliaceae/Niesslia exosporioides/	Niesslia exosporioides	a pyrenomycete	superficial		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dry, dead	leaf			(4-8)	superficial perithecium is saprobic on dry, dead leaf
leaf (live, browning from tip)	live, browning from tip leaf of esp. occasionally flooded may be infected and damaged by extensive, hypophyllous, velvety colony of Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Clasterosporium caricinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British marsh and fen fungi. I, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Clasterosporium caricinum/	Clasterosporium caricinum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	extensive, hypophyllous, velvety	colony	Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		live, browning from tip	leaf	esp. occasionally flooded	Major	(1-12)	extensive, hypophyllous, velvety colony of Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, browning from tip leaf of esp. occasionally flooded
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by immersed, clypeate pseudothecium	Buergenerula biseptata	an ascomycete	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Buergenerula biseptata/	Buergenerula biseptata	an ascomycete	immersed, clypeate		pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		live	leaf			(12-1)	immersed, clypeate pseudothecium causes spots on live 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 acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		newly dead	leaf			(3-4)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf
leaf (often dry, bleached, dead)	often dry, bleached, dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Arthrinium caricicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium caricicola/	Arthrinium caricicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		often dry, bleached, dead	leaf			(4-7)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf
leaf (often dry, bleached, dead)	often dry, bleached, dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Arthrinium puccinioides	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 puccinioides/	Arthrinium puccinioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		sporodochium	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		often dry, bleached, dead	leaf			(1-)3-5(-12)	sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf
leaf (often dry, bleached, dead)	often dry, bleached, dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Physalospora scirpi	a pyrenomycete	Xylariales: Hyponectriaceae	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/Xylariales/Hyponectriaceae/Physalospora scirpi/	Physalospora scirpi	a pyrenomycete	amphigenous	colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		often dry, bleached, dead	leaf		Minor		amphigenous colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle			adult	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge			pollen		Major	(5-6)	adult feeds on pollen
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle			adult	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge	?		pollen		Major	(5)	adult feeds on pollen
stem base (dead)	dead stem base may be infected and damaged by immersed, mycelial matted perithecium	Gaeumannomyces graminis	Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent)	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)	immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem base			(3-10)	immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia curta/	Periconia curta	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(1-12)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia digitata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/	Periconia digitata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(mainly winter)	colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia laminella	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia laminella/	Periconia laminella	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem				effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia minutissima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia minutissima/	Periconia minutissima	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(1-12)	effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora paludosa	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora paludosa/	Stagonospora paludosa	a coelomycete	amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(9-4)	amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, immersed in parenchyma pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza cornea/	Micropeziza cornea	a discomycete	superficial, sessile, clypeate		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(3-7)	superficial, sessile, clypeate apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium	Mollisia palustris	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia palustris/	Mollisia palustris	a discomycete	sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem			(3-9)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum eburneum/	Psilachnum eburneum	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem		Minor	(4-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Apiospora montagnei	an ascomycete fungus	Apiosporaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Apiospora montagnei/	Apiospora montagnei	an ascomycete fungus		colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem				colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by may completely encircle stem and extend for 10cm. colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	may completely encircle stem and extend for 10cm.	colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem		Minor	(esp. 7-8)	may completely encircle stem and extend for 10cm. colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Epithele typhae/	Epithele typhae	a resupinate fungus			fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem		Major		fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem

Species	Carex acutiformis (Lesser Pond-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)

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
(Lesser Pond-sedge)

Interactions where Carex acutiformis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cunnell, G.J., 1961	Stagonospora macropycnidia sp. nov.	TBMS Vol 44 (1): 87-90.
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.
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. I	TBMS Vol 34 (2): 147-169.
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
Roháček, J., 2009	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2	Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Scheuer, C.H., 1989	Two small ascomycetes on Carex new to Britain	Mycol. Res. Vol 93 (1): 115-118.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London