Comatricha

Comatricha
	Comatricha nigra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Stemonitidales
Family:	Amaurochaetaceae
Genus:	Comatricha ; Preuss, 1851
Type species
	Comatricha obtusata; (Fr. & Palmquist) Preuss
Synonyms
	Raciborskia Berl., 1888; ComatrichoidesHertel, 1956; ParadiachesHertel, 1956; Collaria Nann.-Bremek, 1967;

Last updated August 27, 2025

Comatricha is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.^[2] As of 2015, Index Fungorum includes 39 species in the genus.^[3]

Species

Comatricha afroalpina
Comatricha aggregata
Comatricha alta
Comatricha anomala
Comatricha brachypus
Comatricha calderaensis
Comatricha ellae
Comatricha filamentosa
Comatricha fragilis
Comatricha fusiformis
Comatricha kowalskii
Comatricha laxa
Comatricha laxifila
Comatricha longipila
Comatricha meandrispora
Comatricha mirabilis
Comatricha nigra
Comatricha nivalis
Comatricha nodulifera
Comatricha nutans
Comatricha orthotricha
Comatricha parvispora
Comatricha pellucida
Comatricha pseudoalpina
Comatricha pseudonigra
Comatricha pulchella
Comatricha pulchelloides
Comatricha reticulospora
Comatricha retispora
Comatricha rigidireta
Comatricha robusta
Comatricha rutilipedata
Comatricha sinuatocolumellata
Comatricha subalpina
Comatricha suksdorfii
Comatricha tenerrima
Comatricha variabilis
Comatricha vineatilis

Names brought to synonymy

Comatricha elegans (Racib.) Lister 1909 is a synonym of Collaria elegans .

References

↑ "Comatricha Preuss, Linnaea 24: 140 (1851)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
↑ Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Schnittler, Martin; Stephenson, Steven L.; Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N. (2019). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 209. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.
↑ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 21st April 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2015-04-20.

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[urlMycoBank:_Comatrichia-1] "Comatricha Preuss, Linnaea 24: 140 (1851)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-04-30.

[LeontyevSchnittler2019-2] Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Schnittler, Martin; Stephenson, Steven L.; Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N. (2019). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 209. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.

[Kirk_2015-3] Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 21st April 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2015-04-20.

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