Endodesmidium formosum Canter
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Endodesmidium formosum 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			Cylindrocystis brebissonii	a desmid	Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Endodesmidium formosum/	Endodesmidium formosum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Mesotaeniaceae/Cylindrocystis brebissonii/	Cylindrocystis brebissonii	a desmid
		parasitises			Cylindrocystis crassa	a desmid	Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Endodesmidium formosum/	Endodesmidium formosum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Mesotaeniaceae/Cylindrocystis crassa/	Cylindrocystis crassa	a desmid
		parasitises			Netrium oblongum	a desmid	Zygnematales: Mesotaeniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Endodesmidium formosum/	Endodesmidium formosum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Mesotaeniaceae/Netrium oblongum/	Netrium oblongum	a desmid
		parasitises			[Desmids]	desmids	Zygnematales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Endodesmidium formosum/	Endodesmidium formosum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmids/	Desmids	desmids

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1953	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids	TBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Endodesmidium formosum (a chytrid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYNCHYTRIACEAE
(a family of chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Endodesmidium formosum (a chytrid)
Family	SYNCHYTRIACEAE (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)

Endodesmidium formosum 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.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Endodesmidium formosum (a chytrid)

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

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 Endodesmidium formosum (a chytrid):

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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