Chytridium lagenaria Schenk (p.p.)
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Chytridium lagenaria 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 zygospore			Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae	Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium lagenaria/	Chytridium lagenaria	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra/	Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae				zygospore
(gregarious)		gregarious parasitises			Spirogyra nitida		Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium lagenaria/	Chytridium lagenaria	a chytrid		gregarious			Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra nitida/	Spirogyra nitida
		is saprobic on dead cell			Cladophora	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds	Cladophorales: Cladophoraceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium lagenaria/	Chytridium lagenaria	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Cladophora/	Cladophora	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds		dead	cell
(gregarious)		gregarious parasitises			Cladophora glomerata	a filamentous green alga	Cladophorales: Cladophoraceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium lagenaria/	Chytridium lagenaria	a chytrid		gregarious			Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Cladophora glomerata/	Cladophora glomerata	a filamentous green alga
(gregarious)		gregarious parasitises			Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum	a green alga	Cladophorales: Cladophoraceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium lagenaria/	Chytridium lagenaria	a chytrid		gregarious			Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum/	Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum	a green alga

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1953	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids	TBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chytridium lagenaria (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	Chytridium lagenaria (a chytrid)
Genus	Chytridium (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
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)

Chytridium lagenaria 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.)

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

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

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 Chytridium lagenaria (a chytrid):

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

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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