Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (F.H. Wigg.) Tode
(Dung Cannon)

Interactions where Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus 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
		sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			CERVIDAE	deer, buck	Artiodactyla	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/	Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus	dung cannon			sporangiophore		Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/	Cervidae	deer, buck			dung
		sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/	Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus	dung cannon			sporangiophore		Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
		sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/	Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus	dung cannon			sporangiophore		Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung
		sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			SCIURIDAE	squirrels	Rodentia	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/	Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus	dung cannon			sporangiophore		Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/	Sciuridae	squirrels			dung
		sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/	Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus	dung cannon			sporangiophore		Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung

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
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pilobolus
(dung cannons)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Variety	Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon)
Species	Pilobolus crystallinus (Dung Cannon)
Genus	Pilobolus (dung cannons)
Family	PILOBOLACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	MUCORALES (an order of pin moulds)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
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 Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon)

Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pilobolus
(dung cannons)

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

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 Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus (Dung Cannon):

Pilobolus crystallinus
(Dung Cannon)

Pilobolus
(dung cannons)

MUCORALES
(an order of pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCETES
(pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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