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MYXOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (slime moulds)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Myxomycetes? 15 October 2000 Berks England 3
Myxomycetes 1 April 1971 East Norfolk England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Order ECHINOSTELIALES G.W. Martin, 1961 (an order of slime moulds) 1          
Family ECHINOSTELIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 1       1  
Order LICEALES E. Jahn, 1928 (an order of slime moulds) 17          
Family CRIBRARIACEAE Corda, 1838 (a family of slime moulds) 8 6 6 8 1 16
Family LICEACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 3       3  
Family RETICULARIACEAE (a family of slime moulds) 6 30 7 18 1 2
Order PHYSARALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 41          
Family DIDYMIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 14 23 54 54 4 19
Family PHYSARACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 27 61 58 79 6 33
Order STEMONITALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 18          
Family STEMONITIDACEAE Fr., 1829 (a family of slime moulds) 18 35 34 44 7 21
Order TRICHIALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 26          
Family ARCYRIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 4 14 24 20   7
Family DIANEMATACEAE T. Macbr., 1899 (a family of slime moulds) 1       1  
Family TRICHIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 21 48 65 64 2 26

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lister, A., revised: Lister, G., 1911 A Monograph of the Mycetozoa
Lister, A., revised: Lister, G., 1925 A Monograph of the Mycetozoa

MYXOMYCETES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)
MYXOMYCOTA
(slime moulds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with MYXOMYCETES:

sporangium (old) old sporangium is parasitised by Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphiella infuscans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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