Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
(White Beak-sedge)

Interactions where Rhynchospora alba 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 collini an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza collini/Anthomyza collinian anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Rhynchospora alba/Rhynchospora albawhite beak-sedge larva feeds on
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Ustanciosporium gigantosporum White Beak-sedge Smut Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Ustanciosporium gigantosporum/Ustanciosporium gigantosporumwhite beak-sedge smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Rhynchospora alba/Rhynchospora albawhite beak-sedgeliveovary embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Ustanciosporium majus Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Ustanciosporium majus/Ustanciosporium majussmall spored white beak-sedge smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Rhynchospora alba/Rhynchospora albawhite beak-sedgeliveovary embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Foreign Ustilago montaignei (A Beak-sedge Smut) Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago montaignei/Ustilago montaignei(a beak-sedge smut)embeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Rhynchospora alba/Rhynchospora albawhite beak-sedgeliveovary embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary

Author & YearTitleSource
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.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Vánky, K., 1994European Smut Fungi570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Rhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge)
GenusRhynchospora (a beak-sedges)
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 Rhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge)

Rhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Rhynchospora alba (White Beak-sedge)
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