Rhizophydium carpophilum Zopf
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Rhizophydium carpophilum 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
		parasitises egg			Dibothriocephalus latus	Fish Tapeworm		Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium carpophilum/	Rhizophydium carpophilum	a chytrid					Animal / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Dibothriocephalus latus/	Dibothriocephalus latus	fish tapeworm	?			egg
		parasitises egg			Achlya (Bot.)	a genus of water moulds	Saprolegniales: Saprolegniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium carpophilum/	Rhizophydium carpophilum	a chytrid					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Saprolegniaceae/Achlya (Bot.)/	Achlya (Bot.)	a genus of water moulds				egg
		parasitises egg			Dictyuchus	a genus of water moulds	Saprolegniales: Saprolegniaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium carpophilum/	Rhizophydium carpophilum	a chytrid					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Saprolegniaceae/Dictyuchus/	Dictyuchus	a genus of water moulds				egg
		parasitises egg			Dictyuchus monosporus	a water mould	Saprolegniales: Saprolegniaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium carpophilum/	Rhizophydium carpophilum	a chytrid					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Saprolegniaceae/Dictyuchus monosporus/	Dictyuchus monosporus	a water mould				egg
		parasitises			Monoblepharis macrandra	a chytrid	Monoblepharidales: Monoblepharidaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium carpophilum/	Rhizophydium carpophilum	a chytrid					Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Monoblepharidales/Monoblepharidaceae/Monoblepharis macrandra/	Monoblepharis macrandra	a chytrid

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1953	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids	TBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhizophydium
(a genus of chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid)
Genus	Rhizophydium (a genus of chytrids)
Family	RHIZOPHYDIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RHIZOPHYDIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rhizophydium carpophilum is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
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 Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid)

Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Rhizophydium carpophilum (a chytrid):

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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