Physarum cinereum

Physarum cinereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Protista
Phylum:	Myxomycota
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Physarida
Family:	Physaridae
Genus:	Physarum
Species:	P. cinereum
Binomial name
	Physarum cinereum; (Batsch) Pers. (1794)
Synonyms
	Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783); Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829); Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f. (1867); Lignydium cinereum (Batsch) Kuntze (1898);

Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass^[2] or beet^{[citation needed]} but is not a pathogen.^[2]

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.

^ "Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
^ ^a ^b Vargas JM, Vargas JM Jr. (1994). Management of Turfgrass Diseases. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56670-046-7.
^ Batsch AJGK (1783). Elenchus fungorum (in Latin). p. 155. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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