''Comatricha'' 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
Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, Index Fungorum
''Index ...
.
As of 2015,
Index Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of M ...
includes 39 species in the genus.
Species
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Comatricha afroalpina''
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Comatricha aggregata''
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Comatricha alta''
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Comatricha anomala''
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Comatricha brachypus''
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Comatricha calderaensis
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, Index Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at th ...
''
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Comatricha ellae''
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Comatricha filamentosa''
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Comatricha fragilis''
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Comatricha fusiformis''
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Comatricha kowalskii''
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Comatricha laxa''
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Comatricha laxifila''
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Comatricha longipila''
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Comatricha meandrispora''
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Comatricha mirabilis''
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Comatricha nigra
''Comatricha nigra'' is a widespread species of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' i ...
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Comatricha nivalis''
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Comatricha nodulifera''
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Comatricha nutans''
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Comatricha orthotricha''
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Comatricha parvispora''
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Comatricha pellucida''
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Comatricha pseudoalpina''
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Comatricha pseudonigra''
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Comatricha pulchella''
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Comatricha pulchelloides''
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Comatricha reticulospora''
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Comatricha retispora''
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Comatricha rigidireta''
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Comatricha robusta''
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Comatricha rutilipedata''
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Comatricha sinuatocolumellata''
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Comatricha subalpina''
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Comatricha suksdorfii''
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Comatricha tenerrima''
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Comatricha variabilis''
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Comatricha vineatilis''
; Names brought to synonymy:
* ''Comatricha elegans'' (Racib.) Lister 1909 is a synonym of ''
Collaria elegans''.
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa genera
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