Comatricha

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Comatricha
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Comatricha nigra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Stemonitidales
Family: Amaurochaetaceae
Genus: Comatricha
Preuss, 1851
Type species
Comatricha obtusata
(Fr. & Palmquist) Preuss
Synonyms [1]
  • Raciborskia Berl., 1888
  • ComatrichoidesHertel, 1956
  • ParadiachesHertel, 1956
  • Collaria Nann.-Bremek, 1967

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

Names brought to synonymy

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References

  1. "Comatricha Preuss, Linnaea 24: 140 (1851)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  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.
  3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 21st April 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2015-04-20.