Physarum cinereum
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| Physarum cinereum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Myxomycota |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Physarida |
| Family: | Physaridae |
| Genus: | Physarum |
| Species: | P. cinereum |
| Binomial name | |
| Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. (1794) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783) |
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Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that is a pathogen of turfgrass.[2]
[edit] Taxonomy
The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783;[3] Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.
[edit] References
- ^ "Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
- ^ Vargas JM, Vargas JM Jr. (1994). 1 Management of Turfgrass Diseases. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56670-046-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=of2Kw7hh6jgC&pg=PA1 1.
- ^ Batsch AJGK (1783) (in Latin). Elenchus fungorum [Discussion of Fungi]. p. 155.
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