Lycogala

Lycogala
Lycogala epidendrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Liceales
Family:	Tubiferaceae
Genus:	Lycogala Adans., 1763
Type species
Lycoperdon epidendrum J.C.Buxb. ex L., 1753
Species [1]
L. confusaNann.-Bremek. ex Ing 1999 L. conicaPersoon 1801 L. epidendra(von Linné 1753) Fries 1829 L. exiguaMorgan 1893 L. flavofusca(Ehrenb. 1818) Rostafinski 1873 L. fuscoviolaceaOnsberg 1972 L. leiosporaReichardt 1866
Synonyms
Antonigeppia Kuntze 1898 Dermodium Rostafinski 1875 non Link 1809 Diphtherium Ehrenberg 1818 Galoperdon Wiggers 1780 Lycoperdon Tourn. ex von Linné 1759 non Pers. 1794 non Micheli 1729 Verrucosia Teng 1932

Lycogala is a genus of Amoebozoa, including the species Lycogala epidendrum . ^[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and contains at least 43 known species, with many still undescribed. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . hdl: 10481/61998 .
2. Hosoya T, Yamamoto Y, Uehara Y, Hayashi M, Komiyama K, Ishibashi M (2005). "New cytotoxic bisindole alkaloids with protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity from a myxomycete Lycogala epidendrum". Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 15 (11): 2776–80. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.03.103. PMID   15911254.
3. Leontyev, Dmytro; Ishchenko, Yury; Schnittler, Martin (2023-07-04). "Fifteen new species from the myxomycete genus Lycogala". Mycologia. 115 (4): 524–560. doi:10.1080/00275514.2023.2199109. ISSN   0027-5514. PMID   37224183.
4. Leontyev, D.; Ishchenko, Y.; Leontieva, M.; Yatsiuk, I.; Shchepin, O.; Song, W.-L.; Chen, S. L.; Moroz, E.; Schnittler, M. (August 2025). "Expanding Lycogala: twenty-four new species, their morphology and phylogenetic relationships". Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 16: 93–146. doi:10.3114/fuse.2025.16.7. ISSN   2589-3831. PMC   12486227 . PMID   41041170.