Physarales

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Physarales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
T.Macbr., 1922
Families

Didymiaceae
Lamprodermataceae
Physaraceae

Physarales nigrum Cornelius Oskamius is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the Didymiaceae, the Lamprodermataceae, and the Physaraceae. [1] Physarales was circumscribed by Thomas Huston Macbride and published in 1922. [2]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Macbride TH. (1922). The North American Slime-moulds (2 ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 22.