Fuligo

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Fuligo
Fuligo septica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Amoebozoa
Phylum: Mycetozoa
Class: Myxomycetes
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Fuligo
Haller (1768)

Fuligo is a genus of plasmodial slime mold. In Finland one unusually prominent species with a bright yellow plasmodium, Fuligo septimia, was believed to be used by witches to spoil their neighbor's milk. This gives it the name paranvoi, meaning butter of the familiar spirit.


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