Comatricha nigra (Pers.) J. Schröt.
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Comatricha nigra is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph			Verticillium rexianum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Verticillium rexianum/	Verticillium rexianum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Myxogastrea/Stemonitida/Stemonitidaceae/Comatricha nigra/	Comatricha nigra	a slime mould			sporangium					colony of Verticillium anamorph parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Aphanocladium anamorph			Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis sporangiicola/	Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete			colony	Aphanocladium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Myxogastrea/Stemonitida/Stemonitidaceae/Comatricha nigra/	Comatricha nigra	a slime mould			sporangium					colony of Aphanocladium anamorph parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Gliocladium anamorph			Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis sporangiicola/	Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete			colony	Gliocladium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Myxogastrea/Stemonitida/Stemonitidaceae/Comatricha nigra/	Comatricha nigra	a slime mould			sporangium					colony of Gliocladium anamorph parasitises sporangium

Comatricha nigra (a slime mould) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

STEMONITIDACEAE
(a family of slime moulds)

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Comatricha nigra (a slime mould)
Genus	Comatricha (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	STEMONITIDACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	STEMONITIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Phylum	MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds)
Subkingdom	SARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Comatricha nigra is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Myxogastrea)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Comatricha nigra (a slime mould)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ing, B.	1987	First Steps - a Beginner's Guide: Why not look at Myxomycetes?	Mycologist Vol 01 (4): 162-163.

Comatricha nigra (a slime mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Comatricha nigra (a slime mould):

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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