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Comatricha

Comatricha is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, Index Fungorum includes 39 species in the genus.

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Comatricha
Comatricha nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Stemonitidales
Family: Amaurochaetaceae
Genus: Comatricha
Preuss, 1851
Type species
Comatricha obtusata
(Fr. & Palmquist) Preuss
Synonyms1
  • Raciborskia Berl., 1888
  • Comatrichoides Hertel, 1956
  • Paradiaches Hertel, 1956
  • Collaria Nann.-Bremek, 1967

Comatricha is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.2 As of 2015, Index Fungorum includes 39 species in the genus.3

Species

Names brought to synonymy
References

References

  1. "Comatricha Preuss, Linnaea 24: 140 (1851)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. 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.
  3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 21st April 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-04-20.