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 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]


Undescribed Family

There is evidence of an undescribed family within Physarales that bridges Didymiaceae and Lamprodermataceae, which contains the monotypic genus Tasmaniomyxa. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Fuligo</i> Genus of slime moulds

Fuligo is a widespread genus of plasmodial slime mold in the family Physaraceae. These organisms are protozoans rather than fungi, but for historical reasons are sometimes treated as part of mycology.

<i>Physarum</i> Genus of slime moulds

Physarum is a genus of mycetozoan slime molds in the family Physaraceae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stemonitidaceae</span> Family of slime moulds

Stemonitidaceae is a family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Didymiaceae</span> Family of slime moulds

Didymiaceae is a family of plasmodial slime molds in the order Physarales.

<i>Amaurochaete</i> Genus of slime moulds

Amaurochaete is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, there are four species in the genus.

Collaria is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae.

Colloderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae. As of 2015, there are four species in the genus.

<i>Enerthenema</i> Genus of slime moulds

Enerthenema is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, there are four species in the genus.

Macbrideola is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.

<i>Stemonaria</i> Genus of slime moulds

Stemonaria is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of June 2015, there are 14 species in the genus.

Symphytocarpus is a genus of slime molds in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of June 2015, there are nine species in the genus.

Physarina is a genus of slime molds in the family Physaraceae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Physaraceae</span> Family of slime moulds

Physaraceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales.

<i>Diderma</i> Genus of slime moulds

Diderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae. The genus was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794, and the type species is Diderma globosum.

Lepidoderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae.

<i>Brefeldia</i> Genus of slime moulds

Brefeldia is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.

<i>Paradiacheopsis</i> Genus of slime moulds

Paradiacheopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. It was first described by Ralph Joao George Hertel in 1954, and the type species is Paradiacheopsis curitibana.

<i>Didymium</i> (slime mold) Genus of slime molds

Didymium is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lamprodermataceae</span> Family of slime moulds

Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amaurochaetaceae</span> Family of slime moulds

Amaurochaetaceae is a family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.

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.
  3. ↑ Lloyd, Sarah J.; Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Moreno, Gabriel; Villalba, Ángela L.; Schnittler, Martin (2023). "Tasmaniomyxa umbilicata, a new genus and new species of myxomycete from Tasmania". Mycologia. 116 (1): 170–183. doi:10.1080/00275514.2023.2274252. ISSN   1557-2536.


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