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Diderma

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.

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Diderma
Diderma umbilicatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Didymiaceae
Genus: Diderma
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Type species
Diderma globosum

Diderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae.1 The genus was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794,2 and the type species is Diderma globosum.3

The genus contains over 200 taxa, and includes:

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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. Bibcode:2019Phytx.399..209L. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.
  2. Persoon, C.H. (1794). "Neuer Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Schwämme". Neues Magazin für die Botanik. 1.
  3. "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma". www.indexfungorum.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  4. "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma stellulum". www.indexfungorum.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  5. "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma subasteroides". www.indexfungorum.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-01-20.