Clastodermataceae

Clastodermataceae
life cycle of Barbeyella minutissima . A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Echinosteliales
Family:	Clastodermataceae Alexop. & T.E.Brooks
Type genus
Clastoderma Blytt
Genera
Barbeyella Clastoderma

The Clastodermataceae are a family of slime molds in the order Echinosteliales. The family was circumscribed in 1971. ^[1] The family contains two genera, Barbeyella and Clastoderma , that have a total of three species. ^[2]

References

1. Alexopoulos, C.J.; Brooks, T.E. (1971). "Taxonomic studies in the Myxomycetes III. Clastodermataceae: A new family of the Echinosteliales" . Mycologia. 63 (4): 925–8. doi:10.2307/3758063. JSTOR   3758063.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 760. ISBN   9780851998268.