Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Luzula sylvatica

great wood-rush

synonym: Luzula maxima

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
root borer doubtful Hepialidae Pharmacis fusconebulosa
leaf leaf spot Phaeosphaeriaceae Phaeosphaeria epicalamia
leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Septoria luzulae
leaf leaf spot Dothideomycetes incertae sedis Asteromella luzulina
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Diarsia brunnea
fruit vagrant Coleophoridae Coleophora sylvaticella
fruit gall Ustilaginales Stegocintractia luzulae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha bimaculata
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha luzulae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha silvatica
leaf miner Agromyzidae Chromatomyia beigerae
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista geminatella
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista gleichenella
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista quadripunctella
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista regificella
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista trapeziella
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia obscura
leaf vagrant Aphididae Melanaphis luzulella

Organ

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

all buds: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
fruit: also seed
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
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tussue
gall: swelling and/or malformation
grazer: feeding at the outside of the plant
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
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf
vagrant: (aphids, mites) living freely on the plant, at higher densitiy causing malformations.

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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 18.iii.2023