Physoderma maculare Wallr.
(a chytridiomycete fungus)

Interactions where Physoderma maculare 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
		causes gall of live leaf			Alisma gramineum	Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain	Alismatales: Alismataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/	Physoderma maculare	a chytridiomycete fungus					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma gramineum/	Alisma gramineum	ribbon-leaved water-plantain		live	leaf
		causes gall of live stem			Alisma gramineum	Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain	Alismatales: Alismataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/	Physoderma maculare	a chytridiomycete fungus					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma gramineum/	Alisma gramineum	ribbon-leaved water-plantain		live	stem
		causes gall of live leaf			Alisma plantago-aquatica	Water-plantain	Alismatales: Alismataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/	Physoderma maculare	a chytridiomycete fungus					Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/	Alisma plantago-aquatica	water-plantain		live	leaf
		causes gall of live stem			Alisma plantago-aquatica	Water-plantain	Alismatales: Alismataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/	Physoderma maculare	a chytridiomycete fungus					Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/	Alisma plantago-aquatica	water-plantain		live	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council

Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus) 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	Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus)
Genus	Physoderma (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
Family	PHYSODERMATACEAE (a family of chytridiomycete fungi)
Order	BLASTOCLADIALES (an order of chytridiomycete fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Physoderma maculare 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 Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus)

Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Physoderma maculare (a chytridiomycete fungus):

Physoderma
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

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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