MYXOGASTREA L.S. Olive
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

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

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

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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
plasmodium is food source of Captivity Milnesium tardigradum a tardigrade Apochela: Milnesiidae On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991
 /Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/Milnesium tardigraduma tardigrade Fungus / feeder /Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Myxogastreaslime moulds, myxomycetesplasmodium Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedfeeds on plasmodium
fruitbody (early stage) is food source of Captivity Milnesium tardigradum a tardigrade Apochela: Milnesiidae On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes., Kylin, H., 1991
 /Animalia/Tardigrada/Apochela/Milnesiidae/Milnesium tardigradum/Milnesium tardigraduma tardigrade Fungus / feeder /Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Myxogastreaslime moulds, myxomycetesfruitbody (early stage) Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedfeeds on fruitbody (early stage)
sporangium (old) old sporangium is parasitised by Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Minor Dendryphiella infuscans a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Dendryphiella infuscans/Dendryphiella infuscansa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusDendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Fungus / parasite /Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Myxogastreaslime moulds, myxomycetesoldsporangiumMinor Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph parasitises old sporangium

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kylin, H., 1991On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes.Mycologist Vol 05 (1): 54-55.

MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ECHINOSTELIDA
an order of slime moulds
Order 6 subtaxa 4 trophisms 6 references
LICEIDA
an order of slime moulds
Order 23 subtaxa 35 trophisms 8 references
PHYSARIDA
an order of slime moulds
Order 41 subtaxa 65 trophisms 20 references
STEMONITIDA
an order of slime moulds
Order 21 subtaxa 23 trophisms 13 references
TRICHIIDA
an order of slime moulds
Order 24 subtaxa 41 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. The Eumetazoan Project database pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_UARK%2F0001
Anon. Discover Life Myxomycetes page www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Myxomycetes
Aranzadi Society of Sciences Mikologia www.aranzadi.eus/micologia/a?lang=eu
Cullington, P. 2009 Slime Moulds for Beginners Field Mycology Vol 10 (3): 77-85.
Gøtzsch, H.F. Danish Myxomycetes www.myx.dk
Gundersen, H.G. Myxomycetes www.myxomycetes.net/
() Ing, B. 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland 374pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Johannsen, E. & Vetlesen, P. 2020 Special issue on Myxomycetes Agarica Vol 40.
() Lister, A., revised: Lister, G. 1925 A Monograph of the Mycetozoa Edition 3 edition, c. 300pp, British Museum (Natural History)
() Lister, A., revised: Lister, G. 1911 *** A Monograph of the Mycetozoa ***(Superseded) Edition 2 edition, 302pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Martin, G.W., & Alexopoulos, C.J. 1969 The Myxomycetes 569pp, University of Iowa Press

Martin, G.W., Alexopoulos, C.J. & Farr, M.L.

 1983 The Genera of Myxomycetes 198pp, University of Ottawa Press
() Mitchell, D.W. 1980 A key to the Corticolous Myxomycetes 63pp, British Mycological Society
Simons, R. Photo Gallery of Myxomycetes naturalhistory.uga.edu/~GMNH/Mycoherb_Site/myxogal.htm

MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
British Pathe News 1931 Secrets Of Nature - Magic Myxies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04kdhZQTnIU
Hawker, L.E. 1952 The Lister memorial lecture: the Physiology of Myxomycetes TBMS Vol 35 (3): 177-187.
Holden, L. 2006 Putting Fungi on the map: a new name and outlet for the BMS Fungal Records Database Field Mycology Vol 7 (4): 133-4.
Ing, B. 1983 Provisional atlas of the myxomycetes of the British Isles 110pp, Biological Records Centre
Ing, B. 1968 *** A Census Catalogue of British Myxomycetes ***(Superseded)
Ing, B. 1965 Introduction to the Study of Myxomycetes BMSNB Vol 24: 13-21.
Marriott, J. (ed) 1995 Keys (Newsletter of the B.M.S. Key-Group) No 10 http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/keys/index-phpcid951/
McHugh, R. 2009 Corticolous myxomycetes from Gorse in Ireland Field Mycology Vol 10 (1): 26-29.
Rollins A.W. & Stephenson S.L. 2012 Myxogastrid distribution within the leaf litter microhabitat Mycosphere Vol 3(5): 543-549.
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P. 2005 Fungi New Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins

Ecology

Dudka, I.O. & Romanenko, K.O. 2006 Co-existence and interaction between myxomycetes and other organisms in shared niches Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (1): 99-112.

Museums

Anon. The Natural History Museum www.nhm.ac.uk/

Nature Conservation

Ing, B. 1992 *** A provisional Red Data List of British fungi ***(Superseded) Mycologist Vol 06 (3): 124-128.

Parasitology

Ing, B. 1976 More on Mouldy Myxomycetes Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 10 (1): 30.
Ing, B. 1974 Mouldy Myxomyxcetes Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 8 (1): 25-30.
Rogerson, C.T. & Stephenson, S.L. 1993 Myxomyceticolous Fungi Mycologia: 456-469.

Pathology

Buxton, P.A. 1954 British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General Entomology Vol. 29 (10-12): 163-171.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes):

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