Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.
(Common Saltmarsh-grass)

Interactions where Puccinellia maritima 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
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed perithecium Micronectriella agropyri an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Micronectriella agropyri/Micronectriella agropyrian ascomyceteimmersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/Puccinellia maritimacommon saltmarsh-grassdeadleaf immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago striiformis Stripe Smut Of Grasses Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/Ustilago striiformisstripe smut of grasseslong, linear, erumpentsorus Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/Puccinellia maritimacommon saltmarsh-grasslive, blisteredleaf long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralisa rust fungushypophyllous, long covered by epidermistelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/Puccinellia maritimacommon saltmarsh-grassliveleaf hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralisa rust fungusepiphyllousuredium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/Puccinellia maritimacommon saltmarsh-grassliveleaf epiphyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf

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

Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass)
GenusPuccinellia (saltmarsh-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 Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass)

Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass):

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