''Craterium'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family
Physaraceae
Physaraceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales.
Genera
The following genera are members of Physaraceae:
*''Badhamia''
*'' Craterium''
*''Fuligo''
*'' Kelleromyxa''
*'' Leocarpus''
*'' Physarella''
*'' Physarina''
*''Physarum''
...
. The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution.
The genus was first described in 1797 by
Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in ''Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur''.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Craterium'':
*''
Craterium atrolucens''
*''
Craterium aureomagnum''
*''
Craterium aureonucleatum''
*''
Craterium aureum''
*''
Craterium aureum''
*''
Craterium concinnum''
*''
Craterium corniculatum''
*''
Craterium costatum''
*''
Craterium dictyosporum''
*''
Craterium leucocephalum''
*''
Craterium leucocephalum''
*''
Craterium microcarpum''
*''
Craterium minutum''
*''
Craterium muscorum''
*''
Craterium obovatum''
*''
Craterium paraguayense''
*''
Craterium reticulatum''
*''
Craterium retisporum''
*''
Craterium rubronodum''
*''
Craterium subpurpurea''
*''
Craterium yichunense''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1139045
Amoebozoa genera
Physaraceae