''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species.

Description

The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or red to dark brown and may be shiny or shimmering. They open at the tip to release the spores. The

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is spongy, occasionally raised to a stem-like, stock, dark-coloured structure or also, on ''Tubifera bombarda'', soft and film-like thin. The membranous, single layered peridium outlasts the below half. A pseudocapillitium may or may not be present. The spores are light yellow to reddish-brown.

Habitat

Tubifera ferruginosa ''Tubifera ferruginosa'', more commonly known as ''raspberry slime mold'' or ''red raspberry slime mold'', is a species of slime mold in the class (biology), class Myxogastria. It is one of the most widely known and distinct slime molds, being fo ...

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Tubifera microsperma ''Tubifera microsperma'' is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria Myxogastria/Myxogastrea (myxogastrids, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN) or Myxomycetes (International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and ...

'' are more widespread and common than the other species from this genus. All species, except ''Tubifera casparyii'', are also common in the tropics.

Classification

The genus was

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in 1873 by

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. The type species is ''Tubifera ferruginosa'', first characterized as a ''

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 ...

'' species.

Species

The genus comprises the following 12 species: * ''

Tubifera applanata ''Tubifera applanata'' is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria. It forms 2 to 7 cm wide "pseudoaethelia" (mass of sporangia) that are rust-red in color. They are found growing on damp, dead wood in temperate forests, including where i ...

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Tubifera casparyii ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera corymbosa ''Tubifera corymbosa'' is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria. It forms "pseudoaethelia" (mass of sporangia) that are rust-red in color. Each sporangia is distinctly larger than those of other related species. They are found growing ...

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Tubifera dictyoderma ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera dimorphotheca ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera dudkae ''Tubifera dudkae'' is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria. Unlike its relatives, ''T. dudkae'' does not form pseudoaethelia with distinct sporangia, or at least the sporangia are not visibly distinct or rod-shaped like other members ...

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Tubifera magna ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera montana ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera papillata ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Tubifera pseudomicrosperma ''Tubifera'' is a genus of slime moulds from the subclass Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species. Description The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or r ...

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Previously included species

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Alwisia bombarda ''Taeniophyllum'', commonly known as ribbon roots or 带叶兰属 (dai ye lan shu) is a genus of about 240 species of epiphytic or lithophytic plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are more or less leafless with a very ...

'' (as ''Tubifera bombarda'')

References

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