Didymium difforme (Pers.) Gray
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Didymium difforme 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
sporocarp sporocarp is associated with live bulb Captivity Hyacinthus orientalis Hyacinth Asparagales: Asparagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Didymiaceae/Didymium difforme/Didymium difformea slime mouldsporocarp Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Hyacinthus orientalis/Hyacinthus orientalishyacinthlivebulb Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDidymium difforme (a slime mould)
GenusDidymium (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyDIDYMIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderPHYSARIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Didymium difforme (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

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