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Comatricha nigra (Pers.) J. Schröt., 1885 (a slime mould)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Comatricha nigra Sporocarp 20 May 2004 South Devon England 4 3 15
Comatricha nigra 26 January 1970 East Norfolk England 2 6

Suggested Literature

Comatricha nigra may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)
MYXOMYCOTA
(slime moulds)
MYXOMYCETES
(slime moulds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Comatricha nigra:

sporangium sporangium is parasitised by colony of Gliocladium anamorph Nectriopsis sporangiicola - a fungus (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
sporangium sporangium is parasitised by colony of Aphanocladium anamorph Nectriopsis sporangiicola - a fungus (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
sporangium sporangium is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph Verticillium rexianum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Comatricha nigra may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYXOMYCETES
(slime moulds)
STEMONITIDACEAE
(a family of slime moulds)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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