Physarum Pers.
(a genus of slime moulds)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Physarum aff compressum a myxomycete	Species aggregate	23 images
Physarum album a slime mould	Species	26 images
Physarum bethelii a slime mould	Species		1 ident. refs
Physarum cinereum a slime mould	Species	24 images
Physarum leucophaeum a slime mould	Species	8 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Physarum (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	PHYSARACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	PHYSARIDA (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)

Physarum 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	Snowline myxomycetes in Britain	Field Mycology Vol 4 (1): 7-14.

Physarum (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 Physarum (a genus of slime moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Physarum (a genus of slime moulds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Physarum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)