| Affected Part |
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Summary |
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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 |
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is decayed by fruitbody |
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Psathyrella typhae |
a brittlestem |
Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae |
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/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella typhae/ | Psathyrella typhae | a brittlestem | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on |
| (dead, decaying) |
|
dead, decaying debris is decayed by fruitbody |
 |
|
Typhula trifolii |
a minute club fungus |
Agaricales: Typhulaceae |
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/Typhulaceae/Typhula trifolii/ | Typhula trifolii | a minute club fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead, decaying | | debris | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decaying debris |
| (live) |
|
live is foodplant of larva |
|
 |
Mononychus punctumalbum |
Iris Weevil |
Coleoptera: Curculionidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mononychus punctumalbum/ | Mononychus punctumalbum | iris weevil | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | | | |
| | larva feeds on live |
| flower |
|
flower may have adult |
|
|
Plateumaris sericea |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/ | Plateumaris sericea | a reed beetle | | | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | flower | | |
| (1-)6(-12) | adult may be found on flower |
| flower |
|
flower may have adult |
|
|
Plateumaris sericea |
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/Plateumaris sericea/ | Plateumaris sericea | a reed beetle | | | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | flower | | |
| (1-)6(-12) | adult may be found on flower |
| leaf (esp. tip) (fading) |
|
fading leaf (esp. tip) is spotted by epiphyllous, very minute pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta pseudacori |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta pseudacori/ | Ascochyta pseudacori | a coelomycete | | epiphyllous, very minute | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | fading | leaf (esp. tip) | | |
| (8) | epiphyllous, very minute pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (esp. tip) |
| leaf (especially end) (fading) |
|
fading leaf (especially end) is spotted by widely scattered pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Phyllosticta pseudacori |
a coelomycete |
Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae |
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
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta pseudacori/ | Phyllosticta pseudacori | a coelomycete | | widely scattered | pycnidium | Phoma coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | fading | leaf (especially end) | | |
| (4,8-9) | widely scattered pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (especially end) |
| leaf (especially end) (fading) |
|
fading leaf (especially end) is spotted by effuse or punctiform colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Davidiella macrospora |
Iris Leaf Spot - causative organism |
Capnodiales: Davidiellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Davidiellaceae/Davidiella macrospora/ | Davidiella macrospora | iris leaf spot (causative organism) | | effuse or punctiform | colony | Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | fading | leaf (especially end) | | |
| | effuse or punctiform colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (especially end) |
| leaf (especially end) (live) |
|
live leaf (especially end) is spotted by effuse or punctiform colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Davidiella macrospora |
Iris Leaf Spot - causative organism |
Capnodiales: Davidiellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Davidiellaceae/Davidiella macrospora/ | Davidiella macrospora | iris leaf spot (causative organism) | | effuse or punctiform | colony | Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf (especially end) | | |
| | effuse or punctiform colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf (especially end) |
| leaf (upper surface) (narrow, longitudinal strips eaten between leaf veins) |
|
narrow, longitudinal strips eaten between leaf veins leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult |
 |
|
Aphthona nonstriata |
Flag Iris Flea Beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona nonstriata/ | Aphthona nonstriata | flag iris flea beetle | | | | adult |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | narrow, longitudinal strips eaten between leaf veins | leaf (upper surface) | | Sole |
| (late 7-late 9, late 3-early 7) | adult grazes on narrow, longitudinal strips eaten between leaf veins leaf (upper surface) |
| leaf edge (live) |
|
live leaf edge is grazed by larva |
 |
|
Rhadinoceraea micans |
Iris Sawfly |
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae |
Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Rhadinoceraea micans/ | Rhadinoceraea micans | iris sawfly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf edge | | Major |
| | larva grazes on live leaf edge |
| leaf funnel (live) |
|
live leaf funnel may have female micropter |
|
|
Iridothrips iridis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Iridothrips iridis/ | Iridothrips iridis | a thrips | | | | female micropter |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf funnel | | |
| (5-8) | female micropter may be found on live leaf funnel |
| leaf funnel (live) |
|
live leaf funnel may have female macropter |
|
|
Iridothrips iridis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Iridothrips iridis/ | Iridothrips iridis | a thrips | | | | female macropter |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf funnel | | |
| (7) | female macropter may be found on live leaf funnel |
| leaf funnel (live) |
|
live leaf funnel may have larva |
|
|
Iridothrips iridis |
a thrips |
Thysanoptera: Thripidae |
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Iridothrips iridis/ | Iridothrips iridis | a thrips | | | | larva |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf funnel | | |
| (6-8) | larva may be found on live leaf funnel |
| leaf or stem? (dead) |
|
dead leaf or stem? 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/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf or stem? | | |
| (3-8) | immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf or stem? |
| leaf or stem? (dead) |
|
dead leaf or stem? 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/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf or stem? | | |
| (4-12) | subclypeate perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf or stem? |
| leaf-mine |
|
leaf-mine may house puparium |
|
|
Cerodontha iraeos |
an iris leaf-miner |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha iraeos/ | Cerodontha iraeos | an iris leaf-miner | | | | puparium |
Plant / resting place / within | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | leaf-mine | | Sole |
| | puparium may be found in leaf-mine |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Aphthona nonstriata |
Flag Iris Flea Beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona nonstriata/ | Aphthona nonstriata | flag iris flea beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | leaf | | Sole |
| (late 5-) | larva mines leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Cerodontha iraeos |
an iris leaf-miner |
Diptera: Agromyzidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha iraeos/ | Cerodontha iraeos | an iris leaf-miner | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | leaf | | Sole |
| (early summer and autumn) | larva mines leaf |
| leaf (1-year-old, dead) |
|
1-year-old, dead leaf is decayed by apothecium |
|
|
Belonium nigromaculatum |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
New and interesting microfungi from the 1978 Exeter foray, Hawksworth, D.L. & Minter. D.W., 1980
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Belonium nigromaculatum/ | Belonium nigromaculatum | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | 1-year-old, dead | leaf | | |
| (6-7) | apothecium is saprobic on 1-year-old, dead leaf |
| leaf (dead, decayed) |
|
dead, decayed leaf is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Sistotrema diademiferum |
a basidiomycete fungus |
Cantharellales: Hydnaceae |
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/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema diademiferum/ | Sistotrema diademiferum | a basidiomycete fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead, decayed | leaf | | Rare |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed leaf |
| leaf (dead, fibrous) |
|
dead, fibrous leaf is decayed by subepidermal, becoming erumpent perithecium |
|
|
Nectriella dacrymycella |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriella dacrymycella/ | Nectriella dacrymycella | an ascomycete | | subepidermal, becoming erumpent | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead, fibrous | leaf | | |
| (7-12) | subepidermal, becoming erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead, fibrous leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf may be infected and damaged by stroma |
|
|
Ectostroma iridis |
an ascomycete |
|
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Ectostroma iridis/ | Ectostroma iridis | an ascomycete | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf | | |
| (6-8) | stroma infects and damages dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Neottiospora caricina |
a coelomycete |
|
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/Neottiospora caricina/ | Neottiospora caricina | a coelomycete | | scattered, immersed, amphigenous | pycnidium | Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf | | |
| (3-8) | scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Myrothecium carmichaelii |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium carmichaelii/ | Myrothecium carmichaelii | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | sessile | sporodochium | Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf | | |
| | 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/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | 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/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf | | |
| | sporodochium of Volutella anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf |
| leaf (dead) |
|
dead leaf is decayed by fruitbody |
|
|
Phlebiella fibrillosa |
a resupinate fungus |
Polyporales: Xenasmataceae |
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/Xenasmataceae/Phlebiella fibrillosa/ | Phlebiella fibrillosa | a resupinate fungus | | | | fruitbody |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | leaf | | |
| | fruitbody is saprobic on 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/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dry, dead | leaf | | |
| (4-8) | superficial perithecium is saprobic on dry, dead leaf |
| leaf (live, patchily brown) |
|
live, patchily brown leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous, immersed pseudothecium |
|
|
Davidiella macrospora |
Iris Leaf Spot - causative organism |
Capnodiales: Davidiellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Davidiellaceae/Davidiella macrospora/ | Davidiella macrospora | iris leaf spot (causative organism) | | amphigenous, immersed | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live, patchily brown | leaf | | |
| (7-10) | amphigenous, immersed pseudothecium infects and damages live, patchily brown leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is mined by larva (at first) |
|
|
Helotropha leucostigma |
Crescent |
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Helotropha leucostigma/ | Helotropha leucostigma | crescent | | | | larva (at first) |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf | | |
| | larva (at first) mines live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is mined by caterpillar (early) |
|
|
Orthotelia sparganella |
Reed Smudge |
Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Glyphipterigidae/Orthotelia sparganella/ | Orthotelia sparganella | reed smudge | | | | caterpillar (early) |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf | | |
| (spring) | caterpillar (early) mines live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
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live leaf is grazed by caterpillar (later) |
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Orthotelia sparganella |
Reed Smudge |
Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Glyphipterigidae/Orthotelia sparganella/ | Orthotelia sparganella | reed smudge | | | | caterpillar (later) |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf | | |
| (spring+) | caterpillar (later) grazes on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
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live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
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Ramularia rollandii |
an anamorphic fungus |
Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae |
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rollandii/ | Ramularia rollandii | an anamorphic fungus | | amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse | caespituli | Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | Foreign |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
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live leaf may be infected and damaged by stroma |
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Ectostroma iridis |
an ascomycete |
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Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Ectostroma iridis/ | Ectostroma iridis | an ascomycete | | | | stroma |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | leaf | | |
| (6-8) | stroma infects and damages live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
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live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium |
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Puccinia iridis |
Iris Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia iridis/ | Puccinia iridis | iris rust | | hypophyllous | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | ? | live | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
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live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium |
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Puccinia iridis |
Iris Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia iridis/ | Puccinia iridis | iris rust | | amphigenous | | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | ? | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf |
| pollen |
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pollen is foodplant of adult |
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Donacia thalassina |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/ | Donacia thalassina | a reed beetle | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | ? | | pollen | | |
| (5) | adult feeds on pollen |
| root |
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root is foodplant of larva |
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Plateumaris sericea |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/ | Plateumaris sericea | a reed beetle | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | ? | | root | | |
| | larva feeds on root |
| root |
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root may house cocoon |
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Plateumaris sericea |
a reed beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/ | Plateumaris sericea | a reed beetle | | | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | | root | | |
| | cocoon may be found among root |
| stem (dead, fibrous) |
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dead, fibrous stem is decayed by subepidermal, becoming erumpent perithecium |
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Nectriella dacrymycella |
an ascomycete |
Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriella dacrymycella/ | Nectriella dacrymycella | an ascomycete | | subepidermal, becoming erumpent | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead, fibrous | stem | | |
| (7-12) | subepidermal, becoming erumpent perithecium is saprobic on dead, fibrous stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Belonopsis iridis |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Dermateaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Belonopsis iridis/ | Belonopsis iridis | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| (6) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Hymenoscyphus repandus |
a discomycete |
Helotiales: Helotiaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus repandus/ | Hymenoscyphus repandus | a discomycete | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-10) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by apothecium |
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Orbilia curvatispora |
a glasscup |
Orbiliales: Orbiliaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Orbiliomycetes/Orbiliales/Orbiliaceae/Orbilia curvatispora/ | Orbilia curvatispora | a glasscup | | | | apothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| (1-12) | apothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph |
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Colletotrichum dematium |
a coelomycete |
Glomerellaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum dematium/ | Colletotrichum dematium | a coelomycete | | | acervulus | Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| | acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph |
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Stachybotrys dichroa |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotrys dichroa/ | Stachybotrys dichroa | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | | colony | Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| (4-9) | colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
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Myrothecium carmichaelii |
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus |
Hypocreales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium carmichaelii/ | Myrothecium carmichaelii | a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | | sessile | sporodochium | Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| | sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (dead) |
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dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium |
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Nectria ellisii |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Nectria ellisii/ | Nectria ellisii | a pyrenomycete | | superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate | | perithecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | dead | stem | | |
| (5-12) | superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (live) |
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live stem is mined by larva (later) |
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Helotropha leucostigma |
Crescent |
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Helotropha leucostigma/ | Helotropha leucostigma | crescent | | | | larva (later) |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | stem | | |
| | larva (later) mines live stem |
| stem (live) |
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live stem may contain caterpillar (later) |
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Orthotelia sparganella |
Reed Smudge |
Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae |
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Glyphipterigidae/Orthotelia sparganella/ | Orthotelia sparganella | reed smudge | | | | caterpillar (later) |
Foodplant / internal feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/ | Iris pseudacorus | yellow iris, yellow flag | | live | stem | | |
| (spring+) | caterpillar (later) feeds within live stem |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag)
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BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 8 images of Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag)
