''Amaurochaete'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 family
Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*''Amaurochaete''
*''Brefeldia''
*'' Comatricha''
*''Enerthenema''
*''Stemonaria''
*''Stemonitopsis''
*''Paradiacheopsis
''Paradiacheopsis'' is an genus of slime ...
.
As of 2015, there are four species in the genus.
References
Amoebozoa genera
Myxogastria
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