Stemonitidaceae is an
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 mu ...
s in the order
Stemonitidales
Stemonitidales is an order of Amoebozoan 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 ...
.
It was first
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist.
Career
Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö.
He acquired ...
in 1829.
Genera
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Leptoderma
''Leptoderma'' is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Leptoderma affinis'' Alcock, 1899 (Eel slickhead)
* ''Leptoderma lubricum'' T. Abe, Marumo & ...
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Macbrideola
''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.
The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...
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Meriderma
Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
*''Leptoderma''
*''Macbrideola''
*'' Meriderma''
*''Paradiachea''
*''Stemonitis''
*'' Symphytocarpus''
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Paradiachea
Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
*''Leptoderma''
*''Macbrideola''
*'' Meriderma''
*'' Paradiachea''
*''Stemonitis''
*'' Symphytocarpus''
G ...
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Stemonitis
''Stemonitis'' is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. The genus was first des ...
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Symphytocarpus''
Genera previously included in Stemonitidaceae, now transferred to
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
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Amaurochaete
''Amaurochaete'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slim ...
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Brefeldia
''Brefeldia'' is an genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.
The genus name of ''Brefeldia'' is in honour of Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839 – 1925), a German botanist and mycologist.
The genus was circumscribed by Józef Tomasz Rostafà ...
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Comatricha
''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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Enerthenema
''Enerthenema'' is a genus of slime molds 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 ...
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Stemonaria
''Stemonaria'' is a genus of slime molds 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 ...
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Stemonitopsis
''Stemonitopsis'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. First circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of ''Comatricha'', she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975. Th ...
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Paradiacheopsis
''Paradiacheopsis'' is an genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. It was first described by Ralph Joao George Hertel in 1954, and the type species is '' Paradiacheopsis curitibana''.
References ..
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Genera previously included in Stemonitidaceae, now transferred to
Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the Didymiaceae
Didymiaceae is a family of plasmodial slime molds in the order ...
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Collaria''
Nann.-Bremek
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Colloderma
''Colloderma'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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G. Lister
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Diacheopsis
''Diacheopsis'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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Meyl.
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Lamproderma
''Lamproderma'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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Rostaf.
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa families
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