Laboulbenia polyphaga Thaxt.
(a laboulbeniomycete)

Interactions where Laboulbenia polyphaga 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
		ectoparasitises live adult			CARABIDAE	ground beetles, tiger beetles	Coleoptera	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/	Carabidae	ground beetles, tiger beetles		live		adult
ascoma		ascoma ectoparasitises live adult			Badister bullatus	a ground beetle	Coleoptera: Carabidae	A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete				ascoma	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Badister bullatus/	Badister bullatus	a ground beetle		live		adult
		ectoparasitises live elytra of adult			Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle	Coleoptera: Carabidae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993 A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Calathus melanocephalus/	Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle		live	elytra	adult
		ectoparasitises live thorax of adult			Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle	Coleoptera: Carabidae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993 A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Calathus melanocephalus/	Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle		live	thorax	adult
		ectoparasitises live leg of adult			Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle	Coleoptera: Carabidae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993 A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Calathus melanocephalus/	Calathus melanocephalus	a ground beetle		live	leg	adult

Author & Year	Title	Source
Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	New British Laboulbeniales	Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.
Weir, A., 1996	A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales	Entomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Laboulbenia
(a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete) 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	Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete)
Genus	Laboulbenia (a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)
Family	LABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
Order	LABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
Subclass	LABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
Class	LABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Laboulbenia polyphaga is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W.	1993	New British Laboulbeniales	Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.

Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Laboulbenia
(a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)

LABOULBENIALES
(laboulbeniomycetes)

LABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE
(laboulbeniomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Laboulbenia polyphaga (a laboulbeniomycete):

Laboulbenia
(a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)

LABOULBENIALES
(laboulbeniomycetes)

LABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE
(laboulbeniomycetes)

LABOULBENIOMYCETES
(laboulbeniomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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