''Carex myosuroides'' (syn. ''Kobresia myosuroides''), the mouse-tail bog sedge, is a species of sedge (family ''
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
'') with a circumboreal distribution.
It is the only known sedge to have
ectomycorrhizal
An ectomycorrhiza (from Greek ἐκτός ', "outside", μύκης ', "fungus", and ῥίζα ', "root"; pl. ectomycorrhizas or ectomycorrhizae, abbreviated EcM) is a form of symbiotic relationship that occurs between a fungal symbiont, or mycobi ...
associations.
It is a known host to a number of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
, including ''
Anthracoidea elynae'', ''
Arthrinium puccinioides'', ''
Cladosporium herbarum
''Cladosporium herbarum'' is a common fungus found worldwide in organic and inorganic matter. It is efficiently distributed in the air, where it exists as the most frequently occurring fungal species. It can grow over a wide range of temperature ...
'', ''
Clathrospora elynae'', ''
Lophodermium caricinum
''Lophodermium caricinum'' is a species of fungus in the family Rhytismataceae. It is a decomposer known to live on dead tissues of ''Carex capillaris'', '' Carex machlowiana'', ''Eriophorum angustifolium
''Eriophorum angustifolium'', common ...
'', ''
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides'', ''
Schizonella melanogramma'', ''
Septoria punctoidea'' and possibly to ''
Micropeziza cornea''.
[Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004)]
''Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir'' [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi
Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X
References
Carex, myosuroides
Flora of North America
Flora of Europe
Flora of Asia
Plants described in 1779
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