MUCORACEAE Dumort.
(a family of pin moulds)

Interactions where MUCORACEAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by sporangiophore			Chaetocladium jonesii	a pin mould	Mucorales: Mucoraceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Chaetocladium jonesii/	Chaetocladium jonesii	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/	Mucoraceae	a family of pin moulds			mycelium					sporangiophore parasitises mycelium
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by sporangiophore			Piptocephalis arrhiza	a pin mould	Zoopagales: Piptocephalidaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Piptocephalidaceae/Piptocephalis arrhiza/	Piptocephalis arrhiza	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/	Mucoraceae	a family of pin moulds			mycelium					sporangiophore parasitises mycelium
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by sporangiophore			Piptocephalis cylindrospora	a pin mould	Zoopagales: Piptocephalidaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Piptocephalidaceae/Piptocephalis cylindrospora/	Piptocephalis cylindrospora	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/	Mucoraceae	a family of pin moulds			mycelium					sporangiophore parasitises mycelium
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by sporangiophore			Syncephalis depressa	a pin mould	Zoopagales: Piptocephalidaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Piptocephalidaceae/Syncephalis depressa/	Syncephalis depressa	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/	Mucoraceae	a family of pin moulds			mycelium					sporangiophore parasitises mycelium
mycelium		mycelium is parasitised by sporangiophore			Syncephalis nodosa	a pin mould	Zoopagales: Piptocephalidaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Piptocephalidaceae/Syncephalis nodosa/	Syncephalis nodosa	a pin mould			sporangiophore		Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/	Mucoraceae	a family of pin moulds			mycelium					sporangiophore parasitises mycelium

MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Actinomucor elegans a pin mould				Species		1 trophisms
Chaetocladium brefeldii a pin mould				Species		6 trophisms
Chaetocladium jonesii a pin mould				Species		2 trophisms
Helicostylum a genus of pin moulds				Genus	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms
Mucor a genus of pinmoulds				Genus	10 subtaxa	23 trophisms	13 references
Parasitella parasitica a fungus				Species			1 references
Pilaira a genus of pin moulds				Genus	2 subtaxa	10 trophisms	2 references
Syzygites megalocarpus Toadstool Pin Mould				Species		8 trophisms	1 references
Thamnidium elegans a pin mould				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
Order	MUCORALES (an order of pin moulds)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

MUCORACEAE is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
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 MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds)

MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

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 MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds):

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCETES
(pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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