Syzygites megalocarpus Ehrenb.
(Toadstool Pin Mould)

Interactions where Syzygites megalocarpus 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
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Calvatia gigantea	Giant Puffball	Agaricales: Agaricaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Calvatia gigantea/	Calvatia gigantea	giant puffball				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Amanita citrina	False Deathcap	Agaricales: Amanitaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Amanitaceae/Amanita citrina/	Amanita citrina	false deathcap				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Amanita rubescens	Blusher	Agaricales: Amanitaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Amanitaceae/Amanita rubescens/	Amanita rubescens	blusher				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			BOLETACEAE	sponge cap toadstools	Boletales	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 On some features of growth and reproduction in Sporodinia grandis Link, Robinson, W., 1926	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/	Boletaceae	sponge cap toadstools				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Leccinum scabrum	Brown Birch Bolete	Boletales: Boletaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum scabrum/	Leccinum scabrum	brown birch bolete				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Scleroderma	earthballs	Boletales: Sclerodermataceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Sclerodermataceae/Scleroderma/	Scleroderma	earthballs				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools				fruitbody
sporangium		sporangium parasitises fruitbody			Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Syzygites megalocarpus/	Syzygites megalocarpus	toadstool pin mould				sporangium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula/	Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas				fruitbody

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
Robinson, W., 1926	On some features of growth and reproduction in Sporodinia grandis Link	TBMS Vol 10 (4): 307-314.

Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MUCORACEAE
(a family of pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould)
Family	MUCORACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
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)

Syzygites megalocarpus 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 Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robinson, W.	1926	On some features of growth and reproduction in Sporodinia grandis Link	TBMS Vol 10 (4): 307-314.

Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Syzygites megalocarpus (Toadstool Pin Mould):

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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