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Physarum cinereum

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Physarum cinereum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Physarum
Species:
P. cinereum
Binomial name
Physarum cinereum
(Batsch) Pers. (1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  2. ^ a b Vargas JM, Vargas JM Jr (1994). Management of Turfgrass Diseases. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56670-046-7.
  3. ^ Batsch AJGK (1783). Elenchus fungorum [Discussion of Fungi] (in Latin). p. 155.