''Mucilago crustacea'' is a species of
slime mould
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 ...
, in the
monotypic genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
''Mucilago'', in the family
Didymiaceae
Didymiaceae is a family of plasmodial slime molds in the order Physarales.
Genera
The family contains the following four genera:
* '' Diderma''
* '' Didymium''
* '' Lepidoderma''
* ''Mucilago
''Mucilago crustacea'' is a species of slime mou ...
.
Due to its visual resemblance to canine vomit,
it is known colloquially as the "dog sick slime mould"
or "dog sick fungus",
albeit that slime moulds are not true fungi.
The fruiting body is yellow to white, becoming paler with time, and then blackening.
It usually occurs on damp grass.
The species was described by P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg.
[Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 112 (1780)]
References
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Myxogastria
Amoebozoa genera
Monotypic eukaryote genera