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
Stemonitidales is an order of Amoebozoan 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 ...
.
It was first
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
by
Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
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Leptoderma''
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Macbrideola
''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.
The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Univ ...
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Meriderma
Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
*''Leptoderma''
*''Macbrideola''
*'' Meriderma''
*''Paradiachea''
*''Stemonitis''
*'' Symphytocarpus''
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Paradiachea
Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
*''Leptoderma''
*''Macbrideola''
*'' Meriderma''
*'' Paradiachea''
*''Stemonitis''
*'' Symphytocarpus''
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Stemonitis''
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Symphytocarpus
''Symphytocarpus'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Stemonitidaceae. , there are nine species in the genus.
Species
*''Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides''
*''Symphytocarpus confluens''
*''Symphytocarpus cristatus''
*''Symphytocarpus flacci ...
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Genera previously included in Stemonitidaceae, now transferred to
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 ...
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Amaurochaete
''Amaurochaete'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slim ...
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Brefeldia
''Brefeldia'' is an genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.
The genus name of ''Brefeldia'' is in honour of Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839 – 1925), a German botanist and mycologist.
The genus was circumscribed by Józef Tomasz Rostaf� ...
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Comatricha''
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Enerthenema
''Enerthenema'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slime ...
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Stemonaria
''Stemonaria'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae
Amaurochaetaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales.
Genera
*'' Amaurochaete''
*'' Brefeldia''
*''Comatricha
''Comatricha'' is a genus of slime ...
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Stemonitopsis
''Stemonitopsis'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. First circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of ''Comatricha'', she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975. Th ...
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Paradiacheopsis
''Paradiacheopsis'' is an genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae. It was first described by Ralph Joao George Hertel in 1954, and the type species is '' Paradiacheopsis curitibana''.
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Genera previously included in Stemonitidaceae, now transferred to
Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales.
Genera
The family contains the following five genera:
*'' Collaria'' Nann.-Bremek
*''Colloderma'' G. Lister
*''Diacheopsis'' Meyl.
*''Elaeomyxa'' Hagelst.
*''Lamproderma
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Collaria''
Nann.-Bremek
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Colloderma
''Colloderma'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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G. Lister
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Diacheopsis
''Diacheopsis'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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Meyl.
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Lamproderma
''Lamproderma'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Lamprodermataceae
Lamprodermataceae is a family of slime molds in the order Physarales
Physarales is an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains three families, the ...
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Rostaf.
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa families
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