Laboulbenia ophoni Thaxt.
(a laboulbeniomycete)

Interactions where Laboulbenia ophoni 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
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Amara apricaria a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia ophoni/Laboulbenia ophonia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Amara apricaria/Amara apricariaa ground beetleliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Ophonus ardosiacus a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia ophoni/Laboulbenia ophonia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Ophonus ardosiacus/Ophonus ardosiacusa ground beetleliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Ophonus melletii Mellet’s Downy-back Coleoptera: Carabidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia ophoni/Laboulbenia ophonia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Ophonus melletii/Ophonus melletiiMellet's downy-backliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Ophonus rufibarbis a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia ophoni/Laboulbenia ophonia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Ophonus rufibarbis/Ophonus rufibarbisa ground beetleliveadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Laboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Laboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLaboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete)
GenusLaboulbenia (a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Laboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Markovskaja, S. 2000

Data on Lithuanian Laboulbeniales

 Botanica Lithuanica Vol 6 (3): 299-311.

Laboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Laboulbenia ophoni (a laboulbeniomycete):

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