Licea margaritacea Ing
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Licea margaritacea (a slime mould)
Genus	Licea (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	LICEACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	LICEIDA (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)

Licea margaritacea 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
	Ing, B.	2003	Licea margaritacea, a new myxomycete from Sycamore bark	Mycologist Vol 17 (1): 28-29.

Licea margaritacea (a slime mould) 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 Licea margaritacea (a slime mould)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Licea margaritacea (a slime mould)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Licea margaritacea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)