Cladochytrium caespitis Griffon & Maubl.
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Cladochytrium caespitis 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
		infects and damages rotten root			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/	Cladochytrium caespitis	a chytrid					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		rotten	root
		infects and damages rotten root			Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow Foxtail	Poales: Poaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/	Cladochytrium caespitis	a chytrid					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/	Alopecurus pratensis	meadow foxtail		rotten	root
		infects and damages rotten root			Dactylis glomerata	Cock’s Foot, Cock’s-foot	Poales: Poaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/	Cladochytrium caespitis	a chytrid					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis glomerata/	Dactylis glomerata	cock’s foot, cock's-foot		rotten	root
		infects and damages rotten root			Festuca	fescue grasses	Poales: Poaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/	Cladochytrium caespitis	a chytrid					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca/	Festuca	fescue grasses		rotten	root
		infects and damages rotten root			Elytrigia repens ssp repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/	Cladochytrium caespitis	a chytrid					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/	Elytrigia repens subsp. repens	common couch		rotten	root

Author & Year	Title	Source
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cladochytrium caespitis (a chytrid)
Genus	Cladochytrium (a genus of chytrids)
Family	CLADOCHYTRIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cladochytrium caespitis 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 Cladochytrium caespitis (a chytrid)

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

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

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 Cladochytrium caespitis (a chytrid):

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

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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