Physarum Pers.
(a genus of slime moulds)

Interactions where Physarum 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').

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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
sporangium sporangium is parasitised by colony of Sesquicillium anamorph Sesquicillium microsporum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Sesquicillium microsporum/Sesquicillium microsporuman anamorphic funguscolonySesquicillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Protozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Physarum/Physaruma genus of slime mouldssporangium colony of Sesquicillium anamorph parasitises sporangium

Physarum (a genus of slime moulds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 references
Species 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhysarum (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyPHYSARACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderPHYSARIDA (an order of slime moulds)
PhylumMYXOGASTREA (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 Physarum (a genus of slime moulds)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ing, B. 2003 Snowline myxomycetes in Britain Field Mycology Vol 4 (1): 7-14.

Physarum (a genus of slime moulds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Physarum (a genus of slime moulds):

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