Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (Rieth) Dogma
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Blyttiomyces vaucheriae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		parasitises filament			Vaucheria	a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae	Vaucheriales: Vaucheriaceae	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae), Christensen, T., 1987	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Blyttiomyces vaucheriae/	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Xanthophyceae/Vaucheriales/Vaucheriaceae/Vaucheria/	Vaucheria	a genus of filamentous yellow-green algae			filament		Sole
		parasitises filament			Vaucheria compacta	a filamentous yellow-green alga	Vaucheriales: Vaucheriaceae	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae), Christensen, T., 1987	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Blyttiomyces vaucheriae/	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Xanthophyceae/Vaucheriales/Vaucheriaceae/Vaucheria compacta/	Vaucheria compacta	a filamentous yellow-green alga			filament
		parasitises filament			Vaucheria intermedia	a filamentous yellow-green alga	Vaucheriales: Vaucheriaceae	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae), Christensen, T., 1987	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Blyttiomyces vaucheriae/	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Xanthophyceae/Vaucheriales/Vaucheriaceae/Vaucheria intermedia/	Vaucheria intermedia	a filamentous yellow-green alga			filament
		parasitises filament			Vaucheria subsimplex	a filamentous yellow-green alga	Vaucheriales: Vaucheriaceae	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae), Christensen, T., 1987	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Blyttiomyces vaucheriae/	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Xanthophyceae/Vaucheriales/Vaucheriaceae/Vaucheria subsimplex/	Vaucheria subsimplex	a filamentous yellow-green alga			filament
		parasitises filament			Vaucheria velutina	a filamentous yellow-green alga	Vaucheriales: Vaucheriaceae	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae), Christensen, T., 1987	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Blyttiomyces vaucheriae/	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Ochrophyta/Xanthophyceae/Vaucheriales/Vaucheriaceae/Vaucheria velutina/	Vaucheria velutina	a filamentous yellow-green alga			filament

Author & Year	Title	Source
Christensen, T., 1987	Tribophyceae (Xanthophyceae)	Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol 4, 36pp, Natural History Museum Publications

Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid)
Family	CHYTRIDIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Blyttiomyces vaucheriae is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid)

Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (a chytrid):

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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