Stellaria graminea L.
(Lesser Stitchwort)

Interactions where Stellaria graminea 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
(live)		live may have male apter			Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Tmetothrips subapterus/	Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips				male apter	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live					(7-9)	male apter may be found on live
(live)		live may have female apter			Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Tmetothrips subapterus/	Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips				female apter	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live					(7-9)	female apter may be found on live
(live)		live may have larva			Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Tmetothrips subapterus/	Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live					(7-8)	larva may be found on live
(live)		live may have female macropter			Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Tmetothrips subapterus/	Tmetothrips subapterus	a thrips				female macropter	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live					(7)	female macropter may be found on live
anther (live)		live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus			Microbotryum stellariae	Chickweed Anther 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 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/	Microbotryum stellariae	chickweed anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	anther					embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
flower (swollen)		swollen flower is galled by sorus			Thecaphora saponariae		Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Sorosporium saponariae, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970 European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora saponariae/	Thecaphora saponariae				sorus		Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		swollen	flower					sorus causes gall of swollen flower
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella isariphora/	Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete		epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		fading	leaf				(5-10)	epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella isariphora/	Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete		epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	leaf				(5-10)	epiphyllous, numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph			Phacellium episphaerium	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium episphaerium/	Phacellium episphaerium	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		mainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	leaf					mainly hypophyllous, whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia arenariae	Sweet William Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia arenariae/	Puccinia arenariae	sweet william rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium			Melampsorella caryophyllacearum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/	Melampsorella caryophyllacearum	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	leaf		Minor			mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Melampsorella caryophyllacearum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsorella caryophyllacearum/	Melampsorella caryophyllacearum	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	leaf		Minor			hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (fading)		fading stem is spotted by numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella isariphora/	Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete		numerous, fuscous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		fading	stem				(5-10)	numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading stem
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella isariphora/	Mycosphaerella isariphora	an ascomycete		numerous, fuscous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	stem				(5-10)	numerous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph			Phacellium episphaerium	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium episphaerium/	Phacellium episphaerium	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		whitish, greyish or pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	stem					whitish, greyish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	Sorosporium saponariae	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 965.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B., 2008	Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia	Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 121-125.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Vánky, K., 1994	European Smut Fungi	570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stellaria
(chickweeds)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort)
Genus	Stellaria (chickweeds)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Stellaria graminea is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort)

Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stellaria graminea (Lesser Stitchwort):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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