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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)
MYXOMYCOTA
(slime moulds)
MYXOMYCETES
(slime moulds)
DIDYMIACEAE
(a family of slime moulds)
Didymium
(a genus of slime moulds)
Didymium melanospermum
(a slime mould)
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Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T. Macbr., 1899 (a slime mould)

Suggested Literature

Didymium melanospermum may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Didymium melanospermum:

sporangium sporangium is parasitised by colony of Sesquicillium anamorph Sesquicillium microsporum - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
sporangium sporangium is parasitised by Acremonium anamorph Nectria candicans - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
sporangium sporangium is parasitised by superficial, subiculate perithecium Nectria candicans - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Didymium melanospermum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYXOMYCETES
(slime moulds)

References

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

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