Chytridium sphaerocarpum Dangeard
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Chytridium sphaerocarpum 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			Oscillatoria	a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria	Oscillatoriales: Oscillatoriaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium sphaerocarpum/	Chytridium sphaerocarpum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Cyanobacteria/Cyanophyceae/Oscillatoriales/Oscillatoriaceae/Oscillatoria/	Oscillatoria	a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria	?
		parasitises			Achlya (Bot.)	a genus of water moulds	Saprolegniales: Saprolegniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium sphaerocarpum/	Chytridium sphaerocarpum	a chytrid					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Saprolegniaceae/Achlya (Bot.)/	Achlya (Bot.)	a genus of water moulds
		parasitises			Mougeotia	a genus of filamentous green algae	Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium sphaerocarpum/	Chytridium sphaerocarpum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Mougeotia/	Mougeotia	a genus of filamentous green algae
		parasitises			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 sphaerocarpum/	Chytridium sphaerocarpum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra/	Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae

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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chytridium sphaerocarpum (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 sphaerocarpum (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 sphaerocarpum 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 sphaerocarpum (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 sphaerocarpum (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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