Tufted Sedge

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph of Arthrinium puccinioides is saprobic on often dry, bleached, dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: (1-)3-5(-12)

Foodplant / saprobe
sporodochium of anamorph of Ciboria aschersoniana is saprobic on old, blackened fruit of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 10-2

Foodplant / saprobe
extensive, hypophyllous, velvety colony of Clasterosporium dematiaceous anamorph of Clasterosporium caricinum is saprobic on dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 1-12
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Cymus glandicolor sucks sap of Carex elata
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
immersed, opening by slit apothecium of Lophodermium caricinum is saprobic on dead leaf (mostly near base) of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 5-6

Foodplant / saprobe
thyriothecium of Morenoina paludosa is saprobic on dead stem of Carex elata

Foodplant / parasite
scattered sporodochium of Myriosclerotinia sulcatula parasitises stem (upper parts) of Carex elata
Remarks: season: late summer

Foodplant / saprobe
stalked, occasionally sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph of Myrothecium cinctum is saprobic on dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 3-5

Foodplant / saprobe
scattered, immersed, amphigenous pycnidium of Neottiospora coelomycetous anamorph of Neottiospora caricina is saprobic on dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 3-8

Foodplant / saprobe
superficial perithecium of Niesslia exosporioides is saprobic on dry, dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 4-8

Foodplant / saprobe
colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph of Periconia atra is saprobic on dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 4-9

Foodplant / saprobe
colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph of Periconia curta is saprobic on dead stem of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 1-12

Foodplant / saprobe
colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph of Periconia digitata is saprobic on dead stem of Carex elata
Remarks: season: mainly winter

Foodplant / saprobe
effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph of Periconia hispidula is saprobic on dry, dead leaf of Carex elata
Remarks: season: 1-12

Foodplant / parasite
telium of Puccinia paludosa parasitises live Carex elata
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
uredium of Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae parasitises live Carex elata
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Thryogenes fiorii feeds within stem of Carex elata

Foodplant / saprobe
sporodochium of Volutella anamorph of Volutella melaloma is saprobic on dead leaf of Carex elata

Carex elata, tufted sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to all of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. It prefers to grow with its roots in water. Its cultivar 'Aurea' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.