Alphamyces chaetifer (Sparrow) Letcher
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Alphamyces chaetifer 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
		is saprobic on			Chara	a genus of stoneworts	Charales: Characeae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Charophyta/Charophyceae/Charales/Characeae/Chara/	Chara	a genus of stoneworts
		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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum anatinum/	Staurastrum anatinum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurastrum cingulum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum cingulum/	Staurastrum cingulum	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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum planctonicum/	Staurastrum planctonicum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Staurastrum pseudopelagicum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum pseudopelagicum/	Staurastrum pseudopelagicum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell			Xanthidium subhastiferum	a desmid	Desmidiales: Desmidiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Xanthidium subhastiferum/	Xanthidium subhastiferum	a desmid		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic 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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra/	Spirogyra	a genus of filamentous green algae
		is saprobic on			Bulbochaete	a genus of green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Bulbochaete/	Bulbochaete	a genus of green algae
		is saprobic 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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae
		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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Tetrasporales/Palmellopsidaceae/Asterococcus/	Asterococcus	a genus of desmids		dying, chytrid-infected	cell
		is saprobic 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/Rhizophydiales/Alphamyces chaetifer/	Alphamyces chaetifer	a chytrid					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Cladophora/	Cladophora	a genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1961	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids	TBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.

Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid) 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid)
Order	RHIZOPHYDIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Alphamyces chaetifer 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 Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Canter, H.M.	1961	Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids	TBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.

Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Alphamyces chaetifer (a chytrid):

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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