Fuligo

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Fuligo
Fuligo septica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Fuligo
Haller (1768)

Fuligo is a widespread genus of plasmodial slime mold in the family Physaraceae.[1] These organisms are protozoans rather than fungi, but for historical reasons are sometimes treated as part of mycology.

Species[edit]

The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Schnittler, Martin; Stephenson, Steven L.; Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N. (2019). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 209. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.
  2. ^ "Fuligo". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved May 13, 2012.