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

Interactions where Phlyctochytrium planicorne 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 dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/IrelandRare 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Chromista/Myzozoa/Dinophyceae/Peridiniales/Peridiniaceae/Peridinium cinctum/Peridinium cinctuma dinoflagellatedying, chytrid-infectedcellRare
parasitises sporangium UK/IrelandRare 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium/Rhizophydiuma genus of chytridssporangiumRare
is saprobic on dead stem Foreign 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Acorales/Acoraceae/Acorus calamus/Acorus calamussweet-flagdeadstem
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Cosmarium contractum var. ellipsoideum/Cosmarium contractum var. ellipsoideuma desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Spondylosium planum/Spondylosium planuma desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum anatinum/Staurastrum anatinuma desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum lunatum/Staurastrum lunatuma desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum planctonicum/Staurastrum planctonicuma desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurodesmus cuspidicurvatus/Staurodesmus cuspidicurvatusa desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/Ireland 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/Desmidiaceae/Staurodesmus megacanthus/Staurodesmus megacanthusa desmiddying, chytrid-infectedcell
feeds on Foreign 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Charophyta/Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/Zygnemataceae/Spirogyra/Spirogyraa genus of filamentous green algae
feeds on Foreign 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/Oedogoniuma genus of filamentous green algae
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/IrelandRare 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Tetrasporales/Palmellaceae/Sphaerocystis schroeteri/Sphaerocystis schroeterian algadying, chytrid-infectedcellRare
is saprobic on dying, chytrid-infected cell UK/IrelandRare 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Tetrasporales/Palmellopsidaceae/Asterococcus/Asterococcusa genus of desmidsdying, chytrid-infectedcellRare
feeds on Foreign 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Cladophora/Cladophoraa genus of filamentous green freshwater algae and seaweeds
feeds on Foreign 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 planicornea chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Cladophorales/Cladophoraceae/Rhizoclonium/Rhizocloniuma genus of filamentous green freshwater algae

Author & YearTitleSource
Canter, H.M., 1961Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmidsTBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe))
GenusPhlyctochytrium (a genus of chytrids)
FamilyCHYTRIDIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
OrderCHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
ClassCHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
PhylumCHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phlyctochytrium planicorne (a chytrid (cellulose saprobe):

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