Physarum

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Physarum
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Physarum psittacinum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Physarum
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Physarum is a genus of mycetozoan slime molds in the family Physaraceae. [1]

It contains the following species: [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. S2CID   108783142.
  2. Unit Prot Taxonomy Genus Physarum

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