Myxogastria

Myxogastria/Myxogastrea (myxogastrids, ICZN) or Myxomycetes (ICN) is a class of slime moulds that contains 5 orders, 14 families, 62 genera, and 888 species. They are colloquially known as the plasmodial or acellular slime moulds.

myxogastrid amoeba which is often mistaken for a fungus

slime mold

species of slime mold

Liceales (ICN) or Liceida (ICZN) is an order of Amoebozoa.

Stemonitidales, also known as Stemonitida (ICZN) or Stemonitales is an order of amoebozoan slime molds in the class Myxogastria.

Species of slime mould

species of slime mold

Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the Didymiaceae, the Lamprodermataceae, and the Physaraceae. Physarales was circumscribed by Thomas Huston Macbride and published in 1922.

species of slime mold

Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first described by German botanist Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch in 1753. A 2014 estimate suggests that there are 18 species in the genus. Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope or by DNA sequencing. A fossil specimen (in Burmese amber) is known from the mid-Cretaceous (99 ma).

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

Cribraria is a genus of slime molds from the group of Myxogastria. It comprises about 30 species, some of which are extremely difficult to distinguish.

Trichia is a genus of slime molds in the family Trichiaceae. , there are 34 species in the genus.

species of slime mold

genus of slime mould

Tubifera is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species.

Hemitrichia is a genus of slime molds, of the family Trichiaceae, found within the order Trichiida. It was first described by Josef Rostafinski in 1873 and remains a well-defined genus of the slime molds. Hemitrichia species exhibit either plasmodiocarp or sporangium fruiting bodies, both of which are well-known and recognizable slime molds seen on multiple continents. This genus includes species such as H. serpula (known as the pretzel slime mold) and H. decipiens (known as salmon-eggs), both of which are widespread.

species of slime mold

Arcyria is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Arcyriaceae. It includes the species Arcyria ferruginea .

Echinostelium is a genus of slime mould, and the only genus in the monotypic family Echinosteliaceae, or Echinosteliidae. It was discovered by Heinrich Anton de Bary in 1855, apparently near Frankfurt am Main. Some species of Echinostelium have a sexual life cycle; others have been shown to be asexual. The plasmodium can divide vegetatively, in a process called plasmotomy, to distinguish it from true cell division.

species of slime mold

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

Lamproderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae. As of 2015, there are 46 species in the genus.

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

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.

Diachea is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Didymiaceae. The genus was first described in 1825 by Elias Magnus Fries.

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

genus of slime molds

species of slime molds

Species of slime mould

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

Dictydiaethalium is a genus of slime molds composed of D. plumbeum and D. dictyosporum.

Species of slime mould

Lycogala is a genus of Amoebozoa, including the species Lycogala epidendrum. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and contains at least 43 known species, with many still undescribed.

Diacheopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae. , there are 16 species in the genus.

species of slime mold

genus of slime mould

Willkommlangea reticulata is a slime mold species from the order Physarales and the only species of the genus Willkommlangea. It is common worldwide, but rare in Europe. The tropics are possibly the main area of habitat.

Enteridium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Dianemataceae. It was formerly included in the Reticulariaceae and in some sources is listed as a synonym of Reticularia Bulliard, 1788, however recent work confirms it as a separate genus and removes it from that family (and the latter's containing order) and places it in the order Trichiales, family Dianemataceae.

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

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

species of protist

Stemonitopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. First circumscribed by Dutch botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of Comatricha, she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975. The type species is Stemonitopsis hyperopta, which was originally described by Charles Meylan in 1919 as Stemonitis hyperopta.

Calomyxa is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Dianemataceae. It was first described in 1916 by Fr. Julius Nieuwland

species of mold

Licea is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Liceidae.

The Echinosteliales are an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains two families, the Clastodermataceae and the Echinosteliaceae. Echinosteliales was circumscribed by George Willard Martin and published in 1961.