Carex myosuroides explained

Carex myosuroides (syn. Kobresia myosuroides), the mouse-tail bog sedge, is a species of sedge (family Cyperaceae) with a circumboreal distribution.^[1] It is the only known sedge to have ectomycorrhizal associations.^[2]

It is a known host to a number of fungi, including Anthracoidea elynae, Arthrinium puccinioides, Cladosporium herbarum, Clathrospora elynae, Lophodermium caricinum, Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides, Schizonella melanogramma, Septoria punctoidea and possibly to Micropeziza cornea.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carex myosuroides Vill. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 11 April 2021 .
2. Ectomycorrhizal transfer of amino acid-nitrogen to the alpine sedge Kobresia myosuroides . 1999 . Lipson . David A. . Schadt . Christopher W. . Schmidt . Steven K. . Monson . Russell K. . New Phytologist . 142 . 163–167 . 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00375.x . free .
3. 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

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