Lycogala Adans.
(a genus of slime moulds)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Lycogala epidendrum a slime mould	Species		1 ident. refs
Lycogala terrestre Wolf’s Milk	Species	18 images
Lycogala (unidentified) Unidentified Lycogala Slime Moulds	Unidentified	1 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lycogala (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	TUBIFERACEAE (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)

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

Lycogala (a genus of slime moulds) may 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 Lycogala (a genus of slime moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycogala (a genus of slime moulds)

Species determination often uses characters of the pseudocapillitium, but this can be hard to find; mount a fragment of cortex and they will be seen trailing from the inner face.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lycogala is also a member of:

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