Fuligo septica (L.) F.H. Wigg.
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Fuligo septica 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
		aethalium is food source of larva			Bradysia	a genus of black fungus gnats	Diptera: Sciaridae	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes, Buxton, P.A., 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sciaridae/Bradysia/	Bradysia	a genus of black fungus gnats				larva	Fungus / feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould				aethalium				larva feeds on aethalium
		aethalium is food source of larva			Drosophila repleta	a fruit fly	Diptera: Drosophilidae	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes, Buxton, P.A., 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila repleta/	Drosophila repleta	a fruit fly				larva	Fungus / feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould				aethalium				larva feeds on aethalium
		plasmodium is food source of larva			Leptocera fontinalis	a lesser dung fly	Diptera: Sphaeroceridae	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes, Buxton, P.A., 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sphaeroceridae/Leptocera fontinalis/	Leptocera fontinalis	a lesser dung fly				larva	Fungus / feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould				plasmodium				larva feeds on plasmodium
		plasmodium is food source of larva			Lonchaea chorea	Garden Lance-fly	Diptera: Lonchaeidae	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes, Buxton, P.A., 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Lonchaeidae/Lonchaea chorea/	Lonchaea chorea	garden lance-fly				larva	Fungus / feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould				plasmodium				larva feeds on plasmodium
		plasmodium is food source of larva			Delia platura	Bean Seed Fly	Diptera: Anthomyiidae	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes, Buxton, P.A., 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia platura/	Delia platura	bean seed fly				larva	Fungus / feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould				plasmodium				larva feeds on plasmodium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by superficial, subiculate perithecium			Nectriopsis candicans	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis candicans/	Nectriopsis candicans	a pyrenomycete		superficial, subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould			sporangium					superficial, subiculate perithecium parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by Acremonium anamorph			Nectriopsis candicans	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis candicans/	Nectriopsis candicans	a pyrenomycete				Acremonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould			sporangium					Acremonium anamorph parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by partly immersed, subiculate perithecium			Nectriopsis violacea	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis violacea/	Nectriopsis violacea	a pyrenomycete		partly immersed, subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould			sporangium					partly immersed, subiculate perithecium parasitises sporangium
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by Acremonium anamorph			Nectriopsis violacea	a pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis violacea/	Nectriopsis violacea	a pyrenomycete				Acremonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Fuligo septica/	Fuligo septica	a slime mould			sporangium					Acremonium anamorph parasitises sporangium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buxton, P.A., 1954	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes	Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General Entomology Vol. 29 (10-12): 163-171.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Fuligo septica (a slime mould) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fuligo septica (a slime mould)
Genus	Fuligo (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	PHYSARACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	PHYSARIDA (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)

Fuligo septica 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 Fuligo septica (a slime mould)

Fuligo septica (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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Findlay, W.P.K.	1951	A note on the fungi of less common occurrence in houses	TBMS Vol 34 (1): 35-37, Plate 3.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Fuligo septica (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))

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