BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

MYXOMYCOTA
(slime moulds)

MYXOMYCETES
(slime moulds)

Myxomycetes
is also a member of:

Micromycetes
(via Myxomycota)

Lower Plants
(via Fungi sl.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

MYXOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (slime moulds)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon	Summary			Date	Vice-county	Country

Myxomycetes?		3	3	15 Oct 2000	Berks	England
Myxomycetes		1	1	1 Apr 1971	East Norfolk	England

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon

Order	ECHINOSTELIALES G.W. Martin, 1961 (an order of slime moulds)	1
Family	ECHINOSTELIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds)	1				4
Order	LICEALES E. Jahn, 1928 (an order of slime moulds)	10
Family	CRIBRARIACEAE Corda, 1838 (a family of slime moulds)	2	11	1	8	1
Family	LICEACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds)	2				5
Family	RETICULARIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)	6	35	2	18	2
Order	PHYSARALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds)	22
Family	DIDYMIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds)	7	34	43	54	6
Family	PHYSARACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds)	15	79	41	79	10
Order	STEMONITALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds)	8
Family	STEMONITIDACEAE Fr., 1829 (a family of slime moulds)	8	54	15	44	10
Order	TRICHIALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds)	19
Family	ARCYRIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds)	4	33	5	20
Family	DIANEMATACEAE T. Macbr., 1899 (a family of slime moulds)	1				1
Family	TRICHIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds)	14	88	25	64	2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cullington, P., 2009	Slime Moulds for Beginners
Lister, A., revised: Lister, G., 1911	A Monograph of the Mycetozoa
Lister, A., revised: Lister, G., 1925	A Monograph of the Mycetozoa

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 general literature references to MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds)

MYXOMYCETES may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 160 feeding and other relationships of MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds)

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