Rickia wasmannii Cavara
(a laboulbeniomycete)

Interactions where Rickia wasmannii 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
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Leptothorax acervorum Slender Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Rickia wasmannii/Rickia wasmanniia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Leptothorax acervorum/Leptothorax acervorumslender antliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult ForeignMinor Myrmica scabrinodis an ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Tartally, A. et al, 2007
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Rickia wasmannii/Rickia wasmanniia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica scabrinodis/Myrmica scabrinodisan antliveadultMinor
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult ForeignRare Myrmica specioides an ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Tartally, A. et al, 2007
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Rickia wasmannii/Rickia wasmanniia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica specioides/Myrmica specioidesan antliveadultRare
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult ForeignMinor Myrmica vandeli an ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Tartally, A. et al, 2007
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Rickia wasmannii/Rickia wasmanniia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica vandeli/Myrmica vandelian antliveadultMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Tartally, A. et al, 2007The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Mymecological News 10: 123.
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

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

Rickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete)
GenusRickia (a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Haelewaters, D. 2012 The first record of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) on Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in The Netherlands Ascomycete.org Vol 4 (3): 65-69.
Tartally, A. et al 2007 The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mymecological News 10: 123.

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete):

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