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').

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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
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable 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) laetuma lacebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushes? nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Questionable 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) laetuma lacebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushes? adult sucks sap of
(dead, decayed, wet) dead, decayed, wet debris is decayed by fruitbody Rare 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 bulbosarush bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdead, decayed, wetdebrisRare 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 vuyckiia microbotryan smutsorus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesliveovary sorus parasitises live ovary
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Restricted Cerodontha bimaculata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha bimaculata/Cerodontha bimaculataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesleaf-mineSole puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Cerodontha bimaculata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha bimaculata/Cerodontha bimaculataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesleafSole 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 herpotrichoidesan ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdeadleaf (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by fruitbody Rare 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 filicinuma resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdeadleafRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dying) dying leaf is decayed by fruitbody UK/IrelandMinor 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 lembosporaa basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdyingleafMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dying leaf
stem (dead, wet) dead, wet stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare 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 bulbosarush bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdead, wetstemRare 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 herpotrichoidesan ascomycetescattered, initially immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Luzula/Luzulawood-rushesdeadstem (spring, summer)scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium 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
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & 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

Luzula (wood-rushes) 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
Species 2 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms
Species 19 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLuzula (wood-rushes)
FamilyJUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
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 Luzula (wood-rushes)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 57 images of Luzula (wood-rushes)
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