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MYXOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (slime moulds)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Myxomycetes? 15 October 2000 Berks England 3
Myxomycetes 1 April 1971 East Norfolk England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Order ECHINOSTELIALES G.W. Martin, 1961 (an order of slime moulds) 4          
Family CLASTODERMATACEAE Alexop. & T.E. Brooks, 1971 (a family of slime moulds) 1         1
Family ECHINOSTELIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 3       2 3
Order LICEALES E. Jahn, 1928 (an order of slime moulds) 26          
Family CRIBRARIACEAE Corda, 1838 (a family of slime moulds) 8 6 6 8 1 16
Family LICEACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 12       5 14
Family RETICULARIACEAE (a family of slime moulds) 6 30 7 18 2 2
Order PHYSARALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 44          
Family DIDYMIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 15 23 54 54 6 25
Family PHYSARACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 29 61 58 79 10 35
Order STEMONITALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 19          
Family STEMONITIDACEAE Fr., 1829 (a family of slime moulds) 19 35 34 44 10 23
Order TRICHIALES T. Macbr., 1922 (an order of slime moulds) 29          
Family ARCYRIACEAE Rostaf. ex Cooke, 1877 (a family of slime moulds) 4 14 24 20   7
Family DIANEMATACEAE T. Macbr., 1899 (a family of slime moulds) 1       1  
Family TRICHIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of slime moulds) 24 48 65 64 2 31

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

General Works

Ing, B., 1976 More on Mouldy Myxomycetes
McHugh, R., 2009 Corticolous myxomycetes from Gorse in Ireland

MYXOMYCETES may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with MYXOMYCETES:

fruitbody (early stage) fruitbody (early stage) is food source of Milnesium tardigradum - a tardigrade (Milnesiidae) Captivity Kylin, H., 1991
plasmodium plasmodium is food source of Milnesium tardigradum - a tardigrade (Milnesiidae) Captivity Kylin, H., 1991
sporangium (old) old sporangium is parasitised by Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphiella infuscans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Kylin, H., 1991 On the feeding habits of a Tardigrade: selective foraging on Myxomycetes.

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