Craterium

Craterium
Craterium sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Physarales
Family:	Physaraceae
Genus:	Craterium Trentep.
Synonyms
List CupulariaLink IocrateriumE.Jahn NidulariaWith. ScyphiumRostaf. SphaerocarpaH.C.F.Schumacher

Craterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. ^[1]

The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Craterium: ^[1]

• Craterium atrolucens Flatau
• Craterium aureomagnum Hooff & Nann.-Bremek.
• Craterium aureonucleatum Nann.-Bremek.
• Craterium aureum (Schumach.) Rostaf.
• Craterium aureum Fuckel
• Craterium concinnum Rex
• Craterium corniculatum B.Zhang & Yu Li
• Craterium costatum Dhillon & Nann.-Bremek.
• Craterium dictyosporum (Rostaf.) H.Neubert, Nowotny & K.Baumann
• Craterium leucocephalum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ditmar
• Craterium leucocephalum Grev.
• Craterium microcarpum H.Z.Li, Yu Li & Shuang L.Chen
• Craterium minutum (Leers) Fr.
• Craterium muscorum Ing
• Craterium obovatum Peck
• Craterium paraguayense (Speg.) G.Lister
• Craterium reticulatum Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam.
• Craterium retisporum G.Moreno, D.W.Mitch. & S.L.Stephenson
• Craterium rubronodum G.Lister
• Craterium subpurpurea B.Zhang & Yu Li
• Craterium yichunense S.Y.Liu, F.Y.Zhao & Y.Li

References

1. "Craterium Trentep". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Fungi".
3. Roth, A.W. (1797). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Vol. 1.