Calamagrostis Adans.
(small-reed grasses)

Interactions where Calamagrostis 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 parasitised by Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. epigaei a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. epigaei/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. epigaeia black stem rust Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grasses parasitises
(live) live is parasitised by embedded sorus Foreign Ustilago scrobiculata a grass smut Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago scrobiculata/Ustilago scrobiculataa grass smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grasseslive embedded sorus parasitises live
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia nigra a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia nigra/Chromatomyia nigraa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesleaf-mine puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Agromyza rondensis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza rondensis/Agromyza rondensisa leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesleaf solitary larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Cerodontha muscina a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha muscina/Cerodontha muscinaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesleafMajor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia nigra a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia nigra/Chromatomyia nigraa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Arthrinium phaeospermum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Apiosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/Arthrinium phaeospermuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyArthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadleaf (esp. 7-8)colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dry, dead) dry, dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia hispidula a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia hispidula/Periconia hispidulaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPericonia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdry, deadleaf (1-12)effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dry, dead leaf
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago corcontica Purple Small-reed Stripe Smut Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago corcontica/Ustilago corconticapurple small-reed stripe smutlong, linear, erumpentsorus Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grasseslive, blisteredleaf long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by stromatic acervulus of Cheilaria coelomycetous anamorph Cheilaria agrostidis a coelomycete Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Cheilaria agrostidis/Cheilaria agrostidisa coelomycetestromaticacervulusCheilaria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesliveleaf stromatic acervulus of Cheilaria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Rhynchosporium orthosporum Cocksfoot Scald Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/Rhynchosporium orthosporumcocksfoot scaldimmersed, thin, subcuticularstromatic platesRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesliveleaf immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
sheath (live) live sheath is spotted by immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Rhynchosporium orthosporum Cocksfoot Scald Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rhynchosporium orthosporum/Rhynchosporium orthosporumcocksfoot scaldimmersed, thin, subcuticularstromatic platesRhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grasseslivesheath immersed, thin, subcuticular stromatic plates of Rhynchosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live sheath
stem stem is parasitised by stroma Epichloe baconii Bent-grass Choke Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae Biology of the Epichloe-Botanophila interaction: an intriguing association between fungi and insects, Bultman, T.L. & Leuchtmann, A., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe baconii/Epichloe baconiibent-grass chokestroma Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesstem (fertile in 8)stroma parasitises stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria culmifraga an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria culmifraga/Leptosphaeria culmifragaan ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium Phaeosphaeria fuckelii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria fuckelii/Phaeosphaeria fuckeliian ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium UK/IrelandMinor Phaeosphaeria luctuosa an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Phaeosphaeria luctuosa/Phaeosphaeria luctuosaan ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstemMinor (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Septoriella vagans an ascomycete Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/Septoriella vagansan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem (4-8)pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph Septoriella vagans an ascomycete Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Septoriella vagans/Septoriella vagansan ascomycetepycnidiumHendersonia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas culmicola a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Crocicreas culmicola/Crocicreas culmicolaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem (7-9)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Lachnum controversum a discomycete Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum controversum/Lachnum controversuma discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis/Calamagrostissmall-reed grassesdeadstem (5-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Batts, C.C.V., 1951Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland.TBMS Vol 34 (4): 533-538.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Bultman, T.L. & Leuchtmann, A., 2008Biology of the Epichloe-Botanophila interaction: an intriguing association between fungi and insectsFungal Biology Reviews Vol 22 (3-4): 131-138.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Calamagrostis (small-reed grasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Calamagrostis canescens
Purple Small-reed
Species 15 trophisms
Calamagrostis epigejos
Wood Small-reed
Species 19 trophisms
Calamagrostis purpurea
Scandinavian Small-reed
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCalamagrostis (small-reed grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calamagrostis (small-reed grasses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Stewart, O.M. Calamagrostis Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Calamagrostis (small-reed grasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Calamagrostis (small-reed grasses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of Calamagrostis (small-reed grasses)
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