Alopecurus geniculatus L.
(Marsh Foxtail)

Interactions where Alopecurus geniculatus 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
(live)		live is parasitised by			Blumeria graminis	Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/	Blumeria graminis	grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		live						parasitises live
culm (dead)		dead culm is decayed by numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria alopecuri	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 alopecuri/	Septoria alopecuri	a leaf-spot fungus		numerous, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		dead	culm				(7)	numerous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead culm
inflorescence (live)		live inflorescence may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph			Lidophia graminis	Twist		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/	Lidophia graminis	twist			pycnidium	Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		live	inflorescence				(5-10, esp. 7)	pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live inflorescence
leaf		leaf is spotted by colony of Mastigosporium anamorph			Mastigosporium album	an anamorphic fungus		Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/	Mastigosporium album	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Mastigosporium anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail			leaf					colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		dead	leaf					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may be infected and damaged by immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph			Lidophia graminis	Twist		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Lidophia graminis/	Lidophia graminis	twist		immersed, often in rows between veins	pycnidium	Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		live	leaf				(5-10, esp. 7)	immersed, often in rows between veins pycnidium of Dilophospora coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/	Alopecurus geniculatus	marsh foxtail		dead	sheath					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alopecurus
(foxtail grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail)
Genus	Alopecurus (foxtail grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
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 Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.		Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
	Trist, P.J.O., updated Rich, T.C.G.		Alopecurus geniculatus / A. x plettkei / A. bulbosus	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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