Echinostelium apitectum K.D. Whitney
(a slime mould)

Interactions where Echinostelium apitectum 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
grows on live bark UK/Ireland Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore, Great Maple Sapindales: Sapindaceae New British Records 130. Echinostelium apitectum K.D. Whitney, Mitchell, D.W., 1996
 /Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Echinostelida/Echinosteliaceae/Echinostelium apitectum/Echinostelium apitectuma slime mould Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/Acer pseudoplatanussycamore, great maplelivebark

Author & YearTitleSource
Mitchell, D.W., 1996New British Records 130. Echinostelium apitectum K.D. WhitneyMycologist Vol 10 (2): 130.

Echinostelium apitectum (a slime mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchinostelium apitectum (a slime mould)
GenusEchinostelium (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyECHINOSTELIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderECHINOSTELIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Echinostelium apitectum (a slime mould)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Mitchell, D.W. 1996 New British Records 130. Echinostelium apitectum K.D. Whitney Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 130.

Echinostelium apitectum (a slime mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Echinostelium apitectum (a slime mould):

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