Craterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
| Craterium | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| Craterium sp. | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Physarales |
| Family: | Physaraceae |
| Genus: | Craterium Trentep. |
| Synonyms | |
|
List
| |
The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur.[2][3]
Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Craterium:[1]
- Craterium atrolucens Flatau
- Craterium aureomagnum Hooff & Nann.-Bremek.
- Craterium aureonucleatum Nann.-Bremek.
- Craterium aureum (Schumach.) Rostaf.
- Craterium aureum Fuckel
- Craterium concinnum Rex
- Craterium corniculatum B.Zhang & Yu Li
- Craterium costatum Dhillon & Nann.-Bremek.
- Craterium dictyosporum (Rostaf.) H.Neubert, Nowotny & K.Baumann
- Craterium leucocephalum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ditmar
- Craterium leucocephalum Grev.
- Craterium microcarpum H.Z.Li, Yu Li & Shuang L.Chen
- Craterium minutum (Leers) Fr.
- Craterium muscorum Ing
- Craterium obovatum Peck
- Craterium paraguayense (Speg.) G.Lister
- Craterium reticulatum Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam.
- Craterium retisporum G.Moreno, D.W.Mitch. & S.L.Stephenson
- Craterium rubronodum G.Lister
- Craterium subpurpurea B.Zhang & Yu Li
- Craterium yichunense S.Y.Liu, F.Y.Zhao & Y.Li
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Craterium.
Wikispecies has information related to Craterium.
- ^ a b "Craterium Trentep". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Fungi".
- ^ Roth, A.W. (1797). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Vol. 1.