Brefeldia | |
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Brefeldia maxima: plasmodium after 5 days | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Stemonitidales |
Family: | Amaurochaetaceae |
Genus: | Brefeldia Rostaf. |
Brefeldia is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. [1]
The genus name of Brefeldia is in honour of Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839 – 1925), a German botanist and mycologist. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Józef Tomasz Rostafínsky in 1873 and appears to be monotypic, containing the species Brefeldia maxima . [3]