Juncus articulatus L.
(Jointed Rush)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of larva Major Aphanisticus emarginatus a jewel beetle Coleoptera: Buprestidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Aphanisticus emarginatus/Aphanisticus emarginatusa jewel beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushMajor larva feeds on
is decayed by pseudothecium Pleospora aquatica an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pleospora aquatica/Pleospora aquaticaan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rush (10)pseudothecium is saprobic on
(dead) dead is decayed by immersed, then revealed apothecium Diplonaevia exigua a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplonaevia exigua/Diplonaevia exiguaa discomyceteimmersed, then revealedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdead (4-8)immersed, then revealed apothecium is saprobic on dead
(dead) dead is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia juncina a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia juncina/Mollisia juncinaa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdead (5-9)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead
(galled) galled is associate of larva Trichopsomyia flavitarsis a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Trichopsomyia flavitarsis/Trichopsomyia flavitarsisa hoverflylarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushgalled larva is associated with galled
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Uromyces junci a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Uromyces junci/Uromyces juncia rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushlive (7 onwards)uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces junci a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Uromyces junci/Uromyces juncia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushlive (7 onwards)telium parasitises live
inflorescence (dead) dead inflorescence is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Cistella fugiens/Cistella fugiensa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdeadinflorescence (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead inflorescence
leaf tip (dead) dead leaf tip is decayed by numerous, immersed, more or less linearly arranged, fuscous, covered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Septoria junci a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria junci/Septoria juncia leaf-spot fungusnumerous, immersed, more or less linearly arranged, fuscous, coveredpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdeadleaf tip (2-10)numerous, immersed, more or less linearly arranged, fuscous, covered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf tip
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Cistella fugiens/Cistella fugiensa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdeadleaf (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
root (live, galled) live, galled root is galled by sorus UK/Ireland Juncorrhiza casparyana a smut fungus Entorrhizales: Entorrhizaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entorrhizales/Entorrhizaceae/Juncorrhiza casparyana/Juncorrhiza casparyanaa smut fungussorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushlive, galledroot (8)sorus causes gall of live, galled root
stem (dead, mostly submerged) dead, mostly submerged stem is decayed by superficial perithecium UK/IrelandMajor Loramyces juncicola an ascomycete Helotiales: Loramycetaceae Aquatic ascomycetes: Loramyces juncicola Weston and L. macrospora n.sp., Ingold, C.T. & Chapman, B., 1952
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Loramycetaceae/Loramyces juncicola/Loramyces juncicolaan ascomycetesuperficialperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdead, mostly submergedstemMajor (6-8)superficial perithecium is saprobic on dead, mostly submerged stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile, shielded apothecium Rare Micropeziza karstenii a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Micropeziza karstenii/Micropeziza karsteniia discomycetesessile, shieldedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdeadstemRare (7-12)sessile, shielded apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Cistella fugiens a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Cistella fugiens/Cistella fugiensa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus articulatus/Juncus articulatusjointed rushdeadstem (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ingold, C.T. & Chapman, B., 1952Aquatic ascomycetes: Loramyces juncicola Weston and L. macrospora n.sp.TBMS Vol 35 (4): 268-272, IN3.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Juncus articulatus (Jointed Rush) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesJuncus articulatus (Jointed Rush)
GenusJuncus (rushes)
FamilyJUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Juncus articulatus (Jointed Rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Juncus articulatus (Jointed Rush):

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