Subphylum Conosa Class Myxogastria Genus Physarum Rank Species | Infraphylum Mycetozoa Family Physaridae Scientific name Physarum cinereum Order Physarales | |
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Similar Physarum, Badhamia, Didymium, Craterium, Diderma | ||
Physarum cinereum fungi kingdom
Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass or beet but is not a pathogen.
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Taxonomy
The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783; Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.
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