Luzula DC.
(wood-rushes)

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

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

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		has sap sucked by nymph			Agramma laetum	a lacebug	Hemiptera: Tingidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Agramma (Agramma) laetum/	Agramma (Agramma) laetum	a lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes	?							nymph sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by adult			Agramma laetum	a lacebug	Hemiptera: Tingidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Agramma (Agramma) laetum/	Agramma (Agramma) laetum	a lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes	?							adult sucks sap of
(dead, decayed, wet)		dead, decayed, wet debris is decayed by fruitbody			Mycena bulbosa	Rush Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena bulbosa/	Mycena bulbosa	rush bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dead, decayed, wet		debris	Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed, wet debris
(live)		live ovary is parasitised by sorus			Bauerago vuyckii	a microbotryan smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	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/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Bauerago vuyckii/	Bauerago vuyckii	a microbotryan smut				sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		live		ovary				sorus parasitises live ovary
leaf-mine		leaf-mine may house puparium			Cerodontha bimaculata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha bimaculata/	Cerodontha bimaculata	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes			leaf-mine		Sole			puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Cerodontha bimaculata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha bimaculata/	Cerodontha bimaculata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes			leaf		Sole			larva mines leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides/	Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dead	leaf				(spring, summer)	scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by fruitbody			Aphanobasidium filicinum	a resupinate fungus	Agaricales: Pterulaceae	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/Pterulaceae/Aphanobasidium filicinum/	Aphanobasidium filicinum	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dead	leaf		Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dying)		dying leaf is decayed by fruitbody			Athelopsis lembospora	a basidiomycete	Atheliales: Atheliaceae	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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelopsis lembospora/	Athelopsis lembospora	a basidiomycete				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dying	leaf		Minor			fruitbody is saprobic on dying leaf
stem (dead, wet)		dead, wet stem is decayed by fruitbody			Mycena bulbosa	Rush Bonnet	Agaricales: Mycenaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena bulbosa/	Mycena bulbosa	rush bonnet				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dead, wet	stem		Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, wet stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium			Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides/	Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides	an ascomycete		scattered, initially immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/	Luzula	wood-rushes		dead	stem				(spring, summer)	scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
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

Luzula (wood-rushes) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Luzula arcuata Curved Wood-rush				Species		2 trophisms
Luzula campestris Field Wood-rush				Species		3 trophisms
Luzula forsteri Southern Wood-rush				Species		2 trophisms
Luzula multiflora Heath Wood-rush				Species		2 trophisms
Luzula pilosa Hairy Woodrush				Species		9 trophisms
Luzula sylvatica Great Wood-rush				Species		19 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Luzula (wood-rushes)
Family	JUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Luzula (wood-rushes)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kirschner, J. & Rich, T.C.G.		Luzula	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Luzula (wood-rushes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Luzula (wood-rushes):

JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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