Domain Eukaryota Order Fonticulida Species F. alba | Family Fonticulaceae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Holomycota, Filasterea, Nuclearia, Nucleariida, Apusomonas | ||
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Fonticula is a genus of cellular slime mold which forms a fruiting body in a volcano shape. As long ago as 1979 it has been known to not have a close relationship with either the Dictyosteliida or the Acrasidae, the two well-established groups of cellular slime molds. A 2009 paper finds it to be related to Nuclearia, which in turn is related to fungi.
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Fonticula, Nuclearia, and Fungi have been united into the Nucletmycea, which is sister to the Holozoa.
Fonticula alba
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