Phlyctochytrium planicorne G.F. Atk.
(a chytrid (cellulose saprobe))

Interactions where Phlyctochytrium planicorne is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Peridinium cinctum	a dinoflagellate	Peridiniales: Peridiniaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Myzozoa/Dinophyceae/Peridiniales/Peridiniaceae/Peridinium cinctum/	Peridinium cinctum	a dinoflagellate		dying, chytrid-infected	cell		Rare
		parasitises sporangium			Rhizophydium	a genus of chytrids	Rhizophydiales: Rhizophydiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium/	Rhizophydium	a genus of chytrids			sporangium		Rare
		is saprobic on dead stem			Acorus calamus	Sweet-flag	Acorales: Acoraceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/	Acorus calamus	sweet-flag		dead	stem
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Cosmarium contractum var ellipsoideum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Cosmarium contractum var. ellipsoideum/	Cosmarium contractum var. ellipsoideum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Spondylosium planum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Spondylosium planum/	Spondylosium planum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurastrum anatinum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum anatinum/	Staurastrum anatinum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurastrum lunatum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum lunatum/	Staurastrum lunatum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurastrum planctonicum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum planctonicum/	Staurastrum planctonicum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurodesmus cuspidicurvatus	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurodesmus cuspidicurvatus/	Staurodesmus cuspidicurvatus	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurodesmus megacanthus	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurodesmus megacanthus/	Staurodesmus megacanthus	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		feeds on			Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae	Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra/	Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae
		feeds on			Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Sphaerocystis schroeteri	an alga	Tetrasporales: Palmellaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Tetrasporales/Palmellaceae/Sphaerocystis schroeteri/	Sphaerocystis schroeteri	an alga		dying, chytrid-infected	cell		Rare
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Asterococcus	a genus of desmids	Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Tetrasporales/Palmellopsidaceae/Asterococcus/	Asterococcus	a genus of desmids		dying, chytrid-infected	cell		Rare
		feeds on			Cladophora	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds	Cladophorales: Cladophoraceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Cladophora/	Cladophora	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds
		feeds on			Rhizoclonium	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae	Cladophorales: Cladophoraceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Phlyctochytrium planicorne/	Phlyctochytrium planicorne	a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Rhizoclonium/	Rhizoclonium	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae

Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) may 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
Canter, H.M., 1961	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids	TBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe))
Genus	Phlyctochytrium (a genus of chytrids)
Family	CHYTRIDIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phlyctochytrium planicorne is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
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 Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Canter, H.M.	1961	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids	TBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.
	Willoughby, L.G.	1961	The ecology of some lower fungi at Esthwaite Water	TBMS Vol 44 (3): 305-332.

Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe):

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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