Ligniera junci (Schwartz) Maire & A. Tison
(a protozoan slime-mould)

Interactions where Ligniera junci 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 root hair			Juncus	rushes	Poales: Juncaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Ligniera junci/	Ligniera junci	a protozoan slime-mould					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/	Juncus	rushes		live	root hair
		parasitises live root hair			Spartina	cord-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Ligniera junci/	Ligniera junci	a protozoan slime-mould					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina/	Spartina	cord-grasses		live	root hair
		parasitises live root hair			Lolium	rye-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Ligniera junci/	Ligniera junci	a protozoan slime-mould					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/	Lolium	rye-grasses		live	root hair
		parasitises live root hair			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Ligniera junci/	Ligniera junci	a protozoan slime-mould					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses		live	root hair

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ligniera junci (a protozoan slime-mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ligniera junci (a protozoan slime-mould)
Family	PLASMODIOPHORIDAE (a family of protozoans)
Order	PLASMODIOPHORIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	PHYTOMYXEA (a class of slime moulds)
Subphylum	ENDOMYXA (a subphylum of protozoans)
Phylum	CERCOZOA (a phylum of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ligniera junci is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Cercozoa)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ligniera junci (a protozoan slime-mould)

Ligniera junci (a protozoan slime-mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ligniera junci (a protozoan slime-mould):

PLASMODIOPHORIDAE
(a family of protozoans)

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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