''Badhamia'' 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 mul ...
s in the family
Physaraceae.
It was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by English naturalist
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology.
Life
Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated a ...
in 1853.
The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Species
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Badhamia affinis''
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Badhamia apiculospora''
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Badhamia bibasalis''
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Badhamia bispora''
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Badhamia calcaripes''
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Badhamia capsulifera''
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Badhamia cinerascens''
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Badhamia crassipella''
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Badhamia delicatula''
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Badhamia dubia''
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Badhamia foliicola''
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Badhamia formosana''
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Badhamia gigantospora
''Badhamia'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Physaraceae. It was circumscribed by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1853. The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Species
*''Badhamia affinis''
*''Badhamia apiculospor ...
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Badhamia goniospora''
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Badhamia grandispora''
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Badhamia iowensis''
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Badhamia lilacina''
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Badhamia macrocarpa''
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Badhamia macrospora''
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Badhamia melanospora''
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Badhamia nitens''
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Badhamia ovispora''
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Badhamia panicea''
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Badhamia papaveracea''
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Badhamia populina''
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Badhamia rhytidosperma''
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Badhamia rugulosa''
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Badhamia spinispora
''Badhamia'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Physaraceae. It was circumscribed by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1853. The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Species
*''Badhamia affinis''
*''Badhamia apiculospor ...
''
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Badhamia utricularis''
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Badhamia versicolor''
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Badhamia viridescens''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q799011
Amoebozoa genera
Physaraceae