Stemonitidaceae is an
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
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 mul ...
s in the order
Stemonitidales.
It was first
circumscribed by
Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
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Leptoderma
''Leptoderma'' is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's wat ...
''
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Macbrideola''
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Meriderma''
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Paradiachea''
*''
Stemonitis''
*''
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
''Index ...
:
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Amaurochaete''
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Brefeldia''
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Comatricha''
*''
Enerthenema''
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Stemonaria''
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Stemonitopsis''
*''
Paradiacheopsis''
Genera previously included in Stemonitidaceae, now transferred to
Lamprodermataceae:
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Collaria''
Nann.-Bremek
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Colloderma''
G. Lister
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Diacheopsis''
Meyl.
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Lamproderma''
Rostaf.
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa families
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