Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
(Common Cottongrass)

Interactions where Eriophorum angustifolium 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 Anthomyza gracilis an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/Anthomyza gracilisan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrass larva feeds on
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/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadinflorescence (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead inflorescence
leaf (base) (dead) dead leaf (base) is decayed by sclerotium Mollisia pilosa a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia pilosa/Mollisia pilosaa discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (base) (2-9)sclerotium is saprobic on dead leaf (base)
leaf (dead, old) dead, old leaf is decayed by fruitbody Mycocalia sphagneti Bog Cannon, Bog Mycocalia Agaricales: Agaricaceae 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/Agaricaceae/Mycocalia sphagneti/Mycocalia sphagnetibog cannon, bog mycocaliafruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdead, oldleaf fruitbody is saprobic on dead, old leaf
leaf (dead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscripted) dead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscripted leaf is decayed by sessile or short-stalked apothecium Pezizella eriophori a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella eriophori/Pezizella eriophoria discomycetesessile or short-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscriptedleaf (6-7)sessile or short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscripted leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia digitata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/Periconia digitataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPericonia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (mainly winter)colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora vitensis a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora vitensis/Stagonospora vitensisa coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (5-8)pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Microscypha ellisii var eriophori a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Microscypha ellisii var. eriophori/Microscypha ellisii var. eriophoria discomyceteshort-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (4)short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
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/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Mimicoscypha mimica a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Mimicoscypha mimica/Mimicoscypha mimicaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (6-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Dasyscyphus sydowii a discomycete Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Dasyscyphus sydowii/Dasyscyphus sydowiia discomyceteshort-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (6)short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by apothecium Lachnum imbecille a discomycete Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum imbecille/Lachnum imbecillea discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by stalked apothecium Rutstroemia henningsiana a discomycete Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Rutstroemia henningsiana/Rutstroemia henningsianaa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadleaf (4-5)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (newly dead) newly dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Arthrinium sporophleum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Apiosporaceae British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/Arthrinium sporophleuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungussporodochiumArthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassnewly deadleaf (3-4)sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora vitensis a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora vitensis/Stagonospora vitensisa coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadsheath (5-8)pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia digitata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Periconia digitata/Periconia digitataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyPericonia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (mainly winter)colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Mollisia palustris a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia palustris/Mollisia palustrisa discomycetesessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (3-9)sessile 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/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (12-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Mimicoscypha mimica a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Mimicoscypha mimica/Mimicoscypha mimicaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (6-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by long-stalked, sclerotial apothecium Myriosclerotinia dennisii a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia dennisii/Myriosclerotinia dennisiia discomycetelong-stalked, sclerotialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (4-5)long-stalked, sclerotial apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecial sclerotium Myriosclerotinia dennisii a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia dennisii/Myriosclerotinia dennisiia discomyceteapothecialsclerotium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum angustifolium/Eriophorum angustifoliumcommon cottongrassdeadstem (4-5)apothecial sclerotium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951British marsh and fen fungi. IITBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
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
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.

Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
GenusEriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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 Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)

Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass):

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