Physarum cinereum

Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass[2] or beet but is not a pathogen.[2]

Physarum cinereum
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Amoebozoa
Subphylum:
Conosa
Infraphylum:
Mycetozoa
Class:
Myxogastria
Order:
Physarida
Family:
Physaridae
Genus:
Physarum
Species:
P. cinereum
Binomial name
Physarum cinereum
(Batsch) Pers. (1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783)
  • Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829)
  • Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f. (1867)
  • Lignydium cinereum (Batsch) Kuntze (1898)

Taxonomy

The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783;[3] Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.

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References
  1. "Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  2. Vargas JM, Vargas JM Jr (1994). Management of Turfgrass Diseases. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56670-046-7.
  3. Batsch AJGK (1783). Elenchus fungorum [Discussion of Fungi] (in Latin). p. 155.


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