Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Carex acutiformis

Alternative names

English vernacular name

  • lesser pond-sedge

Dutch vernacular name

  • moeraszegge

Synonym

  • Carex kochiana
  • Carex paludosa

Determination table

organ mode stage main group group family parasite P G S
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaTubeufiaceaeAcanthophiobolus helicosporus27
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAllaphis producta18
stemborerInsectaDipteraAnthomyzidaeAnagnota bicolor914
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaXylariales incertae sedisAnthostomella limitata1315
fruitgallFungiBasidiomycotaAnthracoideaceaeAnthracoidea subinclusa 113
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaApiosporaceaeArthrinium caricicola212
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaApiosporaceaeArthrinium phaeospermum1819
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaApiosporaceaeArthrinium puccinioides521
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaApiosporaceaeArthrinium sporophleum 925
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaDidymellaceaeAscochyta caricis18
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeAtheroides serrulatus 2544
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDermateaceaeBelonopsis asteroma12
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMagnaporthaceaeBuergenerula biseptata12
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeCercospora caricis34
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaCainiaceaeCeriophora palustris14
leafminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeCerodontha angulata 218
leafminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeCerodontha eucaricis 19
leafminerInsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeCerodontha morosa215
fruitsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaSclerotiniaceaeCiboria aschersoniana13
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeCicadula albingensis23
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeCicadula flori24
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeCicadula frontalis25
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeCicadula quadrinotata211
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyaloscyphaceaeCistella fugiens310
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMagnaporthaceaeClasterosporium caricinum14
leaffreeAcariEriophyoideaEriophyidaeCupacarus acutivagrans 11
fruitgallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaeDasineura koesterbecki 11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyaloscyphaceaeDasyscyphus carneolus var. longisporus1212
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaDelphacidaeDelphacodes capnodes24
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDermateaceaeDennisiodiscus prasinus44
stemleaf spotFungiAscomycotaDidymosphaeriaceaeDidymosphaeria futilis3236
rootscaleInsectaColeopteraChrysomelidaeDonacia aquatica69
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraElachistidaeElachista albidella911
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraElachistidaeElachista alpinella14
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraElachistidaeElachista fulgens13
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraElachistidaeElachista utonella418
leaffreeAcariEriophyoideaEriophyidaeEpitrimerus acutiformis11
leaffreeAcariEriophyoideaEriophyidaeEpitrimerus carexis11
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraLasiocampidaeEuthrix potatoria 1112
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaVenturiaceaeFusicladium caricinum13
leafminer > borerInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeHelotropha leucostigma67
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDermateaceaeHysterostegiella zelendarkensis11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaLentitheciaceaeKeissleriella culmifida1317
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaDelphacidaeKelisia confusa12
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaDelphacidaeKelisia punctulum11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaSordariomycetes incertae sedisKoorchaloma melaloma 25
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyaloscyphaceaeLachnum tenue11
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeLaingia psammae 2227
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMicrothyriaceaeLichenopeltella nigroannulata 88
root collarborerInsectaColeopteraCurculionidaeLimnobaris t-album46
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeMacustus grisescens914
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeMassarina igniaria35
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeMegamelus notulus26
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDothioraceaeMetasphaeria cumana f. longispora12
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDothioraceaeMetasphaeria cumana f. macrospora13
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDermateaceaeMicropeziza cornea33
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyphodiscaceaeMicroscypha ellisii13
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNymphalidaeMinois dryas1115
flowersaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMollisiaceaeMollisia dactyligluma11
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMollisiaceaeMollisia luctuosa49
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPezizellaceaeMollisina echinulifera11
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraGelechiidaeMonochroa arundinetella13
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeMythimna impura 912
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeMythimna pudorina55
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeNeoseptoria caricis22
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaeNeostagonospora caricis11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaAscomycota incertae sedisNeottiospora cariciana15
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaNiessliaceaeNiesslia exosporioides26
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMollisiaceaeNiptera pilosa13
root collarborerlarvaInsectaColeopteraErirhinidaeNotaris scirpi77
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeNotus flavipennis310
leafpustuleFungiBasidiomycotaAnthracoideaceaeOrphanomyces vankyi11
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaeParastagonospora avenae1718
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia atra512
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia curta16
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia digitata511
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia funerea13
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia hispidula 1015
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia laminella12
leafdownFungiAscomycotaPericoniaceaePericonia minutissima 2324
stemleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPezizaceaePeziza duriaeana28
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeoseptoria caricicola13
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeosphaeria culmorum2332
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeosphaeria luctuosa89
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeosphaeria microscopica1215
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPhaeosphaeriaceaePhaeosphaeria sparsa77
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaPhomatosporaceaePhomatospora striatigera23
stemborerInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaePhragmatiphila nexa45
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDermateaceaePhragmonaevia hysterioides11
leaffreeAcariEriophyoideaPhytoptidaePhytoptus aquatilis13
gallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella aestivalis11
root collargallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella arenariae 111
gallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella attilai13
root collargallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella caricis 14
root collargallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella granifex 112
root collargallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlanetella tumorifica 13
stemborerInsectaDipteraPeriscelididaePodocera delicata27
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaHyaloscyphaceaePsilachnum lateritioalbum23
leafpustuleuredinia teliaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia magnusii 26
leafpustuleuredinia teliaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia senecionis-acutiformis311
leafpustuleuredinia teliaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia urticae-acutiformis 25
leafpustuleuredinia teliaFungiBasidiomycotaPucciniaceaePuccinia urticata 221
leafstripeFungiBasidiomycotaAnthracoideaceaeSchizonella melanogramma149
leafminer > borerInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeSedina buettneri23
leaffreeInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaeSimyra albovenosa1920
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMycosphaerellaceaeSphaerella proximella67
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora anglica11
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora caricinella46
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora caricis312
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora duoseptata11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora macropycnidia13
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora paludosa13
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora perfecta11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora pseudocaricis11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora pseudovitensis11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaMassarinaceaeStagonospora uniseptata11
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaDelphacidaeStenocranus fuscovittatus27
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaDelphacidaeStenokelisia angusta12
stemborerInsectaDipteraPeriscelididaeStenomicra cogani412
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaStachybotryaceaeStriaticonidium cinctum 59
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCicadellidaeStroggylocephalus agrestis25
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeSubsaltusaphis aquatilis13
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeSubsaltusaphis ornata15
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeSubsaltusaphis pallida14
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeSubsaltusaphis picta28
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaTubeufiaceaeTaphrophila cornu-capreoli11
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaTetraplosphaeriaceaeTetraploa scheueri22
leafhiddenInsectaLepidopteraHesperiidaeThymelicus lineola2429
leafstripeFungiBasidiomycotaUrocystidaceaeUrocystis fischeri 129
leafsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaNectriaceaeVolutella arundinis14

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

bud: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
canker: restricted area of dead plant tissue
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tissue
free: free-living, vagrant
gall: swelling and/or malformation
hidden: concealed by dense webbing, leaf folds etc.
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner > borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
saprotrophic: developing on recently dead, still identifiable, plant tissue
scale: scale insect
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf

COLUMNS

P: with image
G: number of genera on this website
S: number of species on this website

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 9.vii.2026