''Leocarpus'' is a genus of
slime mould
Slime mold or slime mould is an informal name given to a polyphyletic assemblage of unrelated eukaryotic organisms in the Stramenopiles, Rhizaria, Discoba, Amoebozoa and Holomycota clades. Most are near-microscopic; those in the Myxogastria ...
s belonging to the family
Physaraceae
Physaraceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales.
Genera
The following genera are members of Physaraceae:
*'' Badhamia''
*'' Craterium''
*''Fuligo
''Fuligo'' is a widespread genus of plasmodial slime mold in the family Physara ...
. The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Leocarpus'':
*''
Leocarpus fragilis
''Leocarpus fragilis'' is a myxogastrid or acellular slime mold of the genus '' Leocarpus''. The common name in English is insect-egg slime mold. ''L.fragilis'' can be found on leaf litter, typically in temperate and boreal forests where the g ...
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Leocarpus granulatus''
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Leocarpus melaleucus''
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Leocarpus minutus''
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Leocarpus nitens''
References
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Myxogastria genera
Physaraceae