Chaetocladium brefeldii Tiegh. & G. Le Monn.
(a pin mould)

Interactions where Chaetocladium brefeldii 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
		sporangiophore is associated with dung			CERVIDAE	deer, buck	Artiodactyla	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Animal / associate			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/	Cervidae	deer, buck			dung
		sporangiophore is associated with dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Animal / associate			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
		sporangiophore is associated with dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Animal / associate			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung
		sporangiophore parasitises colony			Mucor mucedo	Common Pinmould	Mucorales: Mucoraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Mucor mucedo/	Mucor mucedo	common pinmould			colony
		sporangiophore parasitises colony			Pilaira	a genus of pin moulds	Mucorales: Mucoraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Pilaira/	Pilaira	a genus of pin moulds			colony
		sporangiophore parasitises colony			Pilobolus	dung cannons	Mucorales: Pilobolaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium brefeldii/	Chaetocladium brefeldii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus/	Pilobolus	dung cannons			colony

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MUCORACEAE
(a family of pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould)
Family	MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
Order	MUCORALES (an order of pin moulds)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chaetocladium brefeldii is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
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 Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould)

Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

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 Chaetocladium brefeldii (a pin mould):

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCETES
(pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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