''Badhamia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
slime mold
Slime mold or slime mould is an informal name given to several kinds of unrelated eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores. Spores are often produced in macroscopic mul ...
s in the family
Physaraceae.
It was
circumscribed by English naturalist
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology.
Life
Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated at R ...
in 1853.
The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Species
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Badhamia affinis''
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Badhamia apiculospora''
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Badhamia bibasalis''
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Badhamia bispora''
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Badhamia calcaripes''
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Badhamia capsulifera''
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Badhamia cinerascens''
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Badhamia crassipella''
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Badhamia delicatula''
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Badhamia dubia''
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Badhamia foliicola''
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Badhamia formosana''
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Badhamia gigantospora''
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Badhamia goniospora''
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Badhamia grandispora''
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Badhamia iowensis''
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Badhamia lilacina''
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Badhamia macrocarpa''
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Badhamia macrospora''
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Badhamia melanospora''
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Badhamia nitens''
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Badhamia ovispora''
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Badhamia panicea''
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Badhamia papaveracea''
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Badhamia populina''
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Badhamia rhytidosperma''
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Badhamia rugulosa''
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Badhamia spinispora''
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Badhamia utricularis''
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Badhamia versicolor''
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Badhamia viridescens''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q799011
Amoebozoa genera
Physaraceae