Physarum psittacinum Ditmar
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Physarum psittacinum 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
sporangium		sporangium is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph			Verticillium catenulatum	an anamorphic fungus	Plectosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 More on Mouldy Myxomycetes, Ing, B., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Verticillium catenulatum/	Verticillium catenulatum	an anamorphic fungus			colony	Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Physarum psittacinum/	Physarum psittacinum	a slime mould			sporangium		Minor			colony of Verticillium anamorph parasitises sporangium
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/Physarum psittacinum/	Physarum psittacinum	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 More on Mouldy Myxomycetes, Ing, B., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriopsis candicans/	Nectriopsis candicans	a pyrenomycete				Acremonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Physarum psittacinum/	Physarum psittacinum	a slime mould			sporangium					Acremonium anamorph parasitises sporangium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1976	More on Mouldy Myxomycetes	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 10 (1): 30.

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

Physarum
(a genus of slime moulds)

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Physarum psittacinum (a slime mould)
Genus	Physarum (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)

Physarum psittacinum 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 Physarum psittacinum (a slime mould)

Physarum psittacinum (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Physarum
(a genus of slime moulds)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Physarum psittacinum (a slime mould):

Physarum
(a genus of slime moulds)

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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