''Stemonitopsis'' is a
genus
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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 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 ...
.
First
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Norwegian botanist
Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a
subgenus
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of ''
Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. As of 2015, Index Fungorum
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'',
she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975.
The
type species
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is ''
Stemonitopsis hyperopta'', which was originally
described by
Charles Meylan Charles Meylan (23 June 1868, Le Brassus – 3 June 1941, Sainte-Croix) was a Swiss botanist.
From 1888 to 1926 he was a schoolteacher in the community of La Chaux, located near Sainte-Croix (Canton of Vaud). In 1922 he obtained an honorary d ...
in 1919 as ''Stemonitis hyperopta''.
Species
, there are 10 species in the genus.
*''
Stemonitopsis aequalis''
*''
Stemonitopsis amoena''
*''
Stemonitopsis curiosa''
*''
Stemonitopsis gracilis''
*''
Stemonitopsis hyperopta''
*''
Stemonitopsis microspora''
*''
Stemonitopsis peritricha''
*''
Stemonitopsis reticulata''
*''
Stemonitopsis subcaespitosa''
*''
Stemonitopsis typhina''
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa genera
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