Chytridium olla Braun
(a chytrid)

Interactions where Chytridium olla 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 live oogonium			Nitella tenuissima	Dwarf Stonewort	Charales: Characeae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium olla/	Chytridium olla	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Charophyta/Charophyceae/Charales/Characeae/Nitella tenuissima/	Nitella tenuissima	dwarf stonewort	?	live	oogonium
resting sporangium (endobiotic)		endobiotic resting sporangium parasitises live oospore			Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium olla/	Chytridium olla	a chytrid		endobiotic		resting sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae		live		oospore
resting sporangium (endobiotic)		endobiotic resting sporangium parasitises live oogonium			Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium olla/	Chytridium olla	a chytrid		endobiotic		resting sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae		live	oogonium
sporangium (epibiotic)		epibiotic sporangium parasitises live oogonium			Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium olla/	Chytridium olla	a chytrid		epibiotic		sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae		live	oogonium
sporangium (epibiotic)		epibiotic sporangium parasitises live oospore			Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae	Oedogoniales: Oedogoniaceae	Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Chytridium olla/	Chytridium olla	a chytrid		epibiotic		sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Oedogoniales/Oedogoniaceae/Oedogonium/	Oedogonium	a genus of filamentous green algae		live		oospore

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1953	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids	TBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.
Webster, J., 1980	Introduction to Fungi	Second edition, 669pp, Cambridge University Press

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Chytridium olla (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	Chytridium olla (a chytrid)
Genus	Chytridium (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
Family	CHYTRIDIACEAE (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)

Chytridium olla 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.)

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

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

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 Chytridium olla (a chytrid):

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

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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