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Craterium
Sign in to saveCraterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Physaraceae
- Collections
- MICH, FH, NY, UFPE, BPI, OSC
- Recorded in
- Canada, Brazil, Panama, Portugal, United States, Brasil, Italy, Germany
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Craterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur.
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