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Fuligo

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.

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Fuligo
Fuligo septica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Fuligo
Haller (1768)

Fuligo is a widespread genus of plasmodial slime mold in the family Physaraceae.1 These organisms are protozoans rather than fungi, but for historical reasons are sometimes treated as part of mycology.

Species

The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:2

  • Fuligo aurea (Penz.) Y. Yamam. (1998)
  • Fuligo candida Pers. (1796)
  • Fuligo cinerea (Schwein.) Morgan (1896)
  • Fuligo flava Pers. (1794)
  • Fuligo gyrosa E. Jahn (1902)
  • Fuligo intermedia T.Macbr. (1922)
  • Fuligo leviderma H. Neubert, Nowotny & K. Baumann (1995)
  • Fuligo luteonitens L.G. Krieglst. & Nowotny (1995)
  • Fuligo lycoperdon (Bull.) Schumach. (1803)
  • Fuligo megaspora Sturgis (1913)
  • Fuligo muscorum Alb. & Schwein. (1805)
  • Fuligo ochracea (Peck) Peck (1878)
  • Fuligo plumbea Schumach. (1803)
  • Fuligo rufa Pers. (1794)
  • Fuligo septica (L.) F.H.Wigg (1780)
  • Fuligo varians Sommerf. (1826)
References

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. "Fuligo". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved May 13, 2012.