Carex myosuroides Vill. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex myosuroides Vill.

Carex myosuroides Vill.

Carex myosuroides, mouse-tail bog sedge, is a unique circumboreal sedge with ectomycorrhizal associations that hosts many fungi.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex myosuroides Vill.

Carex myosuroides, synonymized as Kobresia myosuroides and commonly called the mouse-tail bog sedge, is a species of sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution. It is the only known sedge that forms ectomycorrhizal associations. It is a confirmed host for multiple species of fungi: Anthracoidea elynae, Arthrinium puccinioides, Cladosporium herbarum, Clathrospora elynae, Lophodermium caricinum, Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides, Schizonella melanogramma, and Septoria punctoidea. It may also act as a host for the fungus Micropeziza cornea.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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