Echinostelium de Bary
(a genus of slime moulds)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Echinostelium apitectum a slime mould					Species			1 ident. refs
Echinostelium colliculosum a slime mould					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Echinostelium (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	ECHINOSTELIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	ECHINOSTELIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
Subkingdom	SARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Echinostelium is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Myxogastrea)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Adamonyte, G.	2006	The genus Echinostelium (Myxomycetes) in Lithuania	Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 169-176.
	Ing, B.	1965	Notes on Myxomycetes	TBMS Vol 48 (4): 647-651.

Echinostelium (a genus of slime moulds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Echinostelium (a genus of slime moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Echinostelium (a genus of slime moulds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Echinostelium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)