Trichia botrytis (J.F. Gmel.) Pers.
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Trichia botrytis 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').

Filters:

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			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 tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould				plasmodium		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		feeds on plasmodium
		fruitbody (early stage) is food source of			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 tardigradum	a tardigrade					Fungus / feeder			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould				fruitbody (early stage)		Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		feeds on fruitbody (early stage)
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by synnema of Blistum anamorph			Polycephalomyces tomentosus	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Polycephalomyces tomentosus/	Polycephalomyces tomentosus	an ascomycete			synnema	Blistum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould			sporangium					synnema of Blistum anamorph parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by synnema of Blistum anamorph			Blistum ovalisporum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 More on Mouldy Myxomycetes, Ing, B., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Blistum ovalisporum/	Blistum ovalisporum	an anamorphic fungus			synnema	Blistum anamorph	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia botrytis/	Trichia botrytis	a slime mould			sporangium					synnema of Blistum anamorph parasitises sporangium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1976	More on Mouldy Myxomycetes	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 10 (1): 30.
Kylin, H., 1991	On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes.	Mycologist Vol 05 (1): 54-55.

Trichia botrytis (a slime mould) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trichia
(a genus of slime moulds)

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Trichia botrytis (a slime mould)
Genus	Trichia (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	TRICHIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	TRICHIIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
Subphylum	MYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
Phylum	AMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
Subkingdom	SARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Trichia botrytis is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Myxogastrea)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trichia botrytis (a slime mould)

Trichia botrytis (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

AMOEBOZOA
(amoebae and cellular slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trichia botrytis (a slime mould):

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

AMOEBOZOA
(amoebae and cellular slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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