Trichia varia (Pers.) Pers.
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Trichia varia 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
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Aphanocladium anamorph			Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis sporangiicola/	Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete			colony	Aphanocladium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia varia/	Trichia varia	a slime mould			sporangium					colony of Aphanocladium anamorph parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Gliocladium anamorph			Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis sporangiicola/	Nectriopsis sporangiicola	an ascomycete			colony	Gliocladium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia varia/	Trichia varia	a slime mould			sporangium					colony of Gliocladium anamorph parasitises sporangium
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 varia/	Trichia varia	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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Blistum ovalisporum/	Blistum ovalisporum	an anamorphic fungus			synnema	Blistum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Trichiida/Trichiaceae/Trichia varia/	Trichia varia	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

Trichia varia (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 varia (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 varia 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 varia (a slime mould)

Trichia varia (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 varia (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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 43 images of Trichia varia (a slime mould)

A very common myxomycete with milky white plasmodium ripening to unstalked to shortly stalked, dull yellow to ochraceous or olivaceous sporocarps. These may appear in one’s and two’s or grow as a turf.

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