Mortierella alpina Peyronel
(a pin mould)

Interactions where Mortierella alpina 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
parasitises UK/IrelandCaptivity Saprolegnia hypogyna a water mould Saprolegniales: Saprolegniaceae Saprolegnia parasitized by Mortierella alplna, Willoughby, L.G., 1988
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mortierellales/Mortierellaceae/Mortierella alpina/Mortierella alpinaa pin mould Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Saprolegniaceae/Saprolegnia hypogyna/Saprolegnia hypogynaa water mould Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Willoughby, L.G., 1988Saprolegnia parasitized by Mortierella alplnaTBMS Vol 90 (3): 496-499.

Mortierella alpina (a pin mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mortierella alpina (a pin mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMortierella alpina (a pin mould)
GenusMortierella (a genus of pin moulds)
FamilyMORTIERELLACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
OrderMORTIERELLALES (an order of pin moulds)
ClassZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
PhylumZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mortierella alpina (a pin mould)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kirk, P.M. 1997 Mortierella alpina Peyronel I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1302.

Mortierella alpina (a pin mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Willoughby, L.G. 1988 Saprolegnia parasitized by Mortierella alplna TBMS Vol 90 (3): 496-499.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mortierella alpina (a pin mould):

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