Eurychasma dicksonii (E.P. Wright) Magnus
(an oomycete)

Interactions where Eurychasma dicksonii 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
(intracellular) intracellular parasitises filament UK/Ireland Pylaiella littoralis a brown seaweed Ectocarpales: Acinetosporaceae Massive occurrence of the heterokont and fungal parasites Anisolpidium, Eurychasma and Chytridium in Pylaiella littoralis (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae)., Küpper F.C. & Müller D.G., 1999
Phylogenetic affinities of two eukaryotic pathogens of marine macroalgae, Eurychasma dicksonii (Wright) Magnus and Chytridium polysiphoniae Cohn, Küpper F.C., Maier, I., Müller, D.G. & Loiseaux, S., 2006
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Myzocytiopsidales/Eurychasmataceae/Eurychasma dicksonii/Eurychasma dicksoniian oomyceteintracellular Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Chromista/Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae/Ectocarpales/Acinetosporaceae/Pylaiella littoralis/Pylaiella littoralisa brown seaweedfilament

Author & YearTitleSource
Küpper F.C. & Müller D.G., 1999Massive occurrence of the heterokont and fungal parasites Anisolpidium, Eurychasma and Chytridium in Pylaiella littoralis (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae).Nova Hedwigia Vol 69: 381-398.
Küpper F.C., Maier, I., Müller, D.G. & Loiseaux, S., 2006Phylogenetic affinities of two eukaryotic pathogens of marine macroalgae, Eurychasma dicksonii (Wright) Magnus and Chytridium polysiphoniae CohnCryptogamie, Algol., Vol 27 (2): 165-184.

Eurychasma dicksonii (an oomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurychasma dicksonii (an oomycete)
FamilyEURYCHASMATACEAE (a family of oomycetes)
OrderMYZOCYTIOPSIDALES (an order of oomycetes)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eurychasma dicksonii (an oomycete)

Eurychasma dicksonii (an oomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gachon, C. et all Molecular and ecological investigations into the infection process of Eurychasma dicksonii on brown algae
Küpper F.C. & Müller D.G. 1999 Massive occurrence of the heterokont and fungal parasites Anisolpidium, Eurychasma and Chytridium in Pylaiella littoralis (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae). Nova Hedwigia Vol 69: 381-398.
Küpper F.C., Maier, I., Müller, D.G. & Loiseaux, S. 2006 Phylogenetic affinities of two eukaryotic pathogens of marine macroalgae, Eurychasma dicksonii (Wright) Magnus and Chytridium polysiphoniae Cohn Cryptogamie, Algol., Vol 27 (2): 165-184.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Eurychasma dicksonii (an oomycete):

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