''Polysphondylium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of cellular
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 ...
, including the species ''
Polysphondylium pallidum
''Polysphondylium pallidum'' is a species of cellular slime mould, a member of the phylum Mycetozoa.
Taxonomy
The lectotype of ''Polysphondylium pallidum'' was first described from Liberia where it was growing on the dung of an ass. This sl ...
''.
[ The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist ]Julius Oscar Brefeld
Julius Oscar Brefeld (19 August 1839 – 12 January 1925), usually just Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist.
Biography
Brefeld was a native of Telgte. He studied pharmacy in Heidelberg and Berlin, and afterwards served as an a ...
in 1884.[
]
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species '' Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender ...
'' Vadell & Cavender 1998 nom. inv.
*''Polysphondylium aureum
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species ''Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender 1 ...
'' Hodgson & Wheller 2001 nom. inv.
*''Polysphondylium fuscans
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species ''Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender 1 ...
'' Perrigo & Romeralo 2012
*''Polysphondylium laterosorum
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species ''Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender 1 ...
'' (Cavender 1970) Baldauf, Sheikh & Thulin 2017
*''Polysphondylium patagonicum
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species ''Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender 1 ...
'' Vadell et al. 2011
*''Polysphondylium violaceum
''Polysphondylium'' is a genus of cellular slime mold, including the species ''Polysphondylium pallidum''. The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1884.
Species
*''Polysphondylium acuminatum'' Vadell & Cavender 1 ...
'' Brefeld 1885
See also
*''Dictyostelium
''Dictyostelium'' is a genus of single- and multi-celled eukaryotic, phagotrophic bacterivores. Though they are Protista and in no way fungal, they traditionally are known as "slime molds". They are present in most terrestrial ecosystems as ...
'' so-called cellular slime mold.
References
Amoebozoa genera
Mycetozoa
Taxa named by Julius Oscar Brefeld
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