IRMNG - Physaraceae Chevallier, 1826

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Physaraceae Chevallier, 1826

IRMNG_ID

109325 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:109325)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Physarales

Synonymised names

Physaridae · unaccepted (zoological spelling; botanical...)

zoological spelling; botanical treatment currently preferred in IRMNG

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Genus Aethaliopsis Zopf, 1885
Genus Angioridium Greville, 1827
Genus Badhamia Berkeley, 1853
Genus Badhamiopsis T.E. Brooks & H.W. Keller in H.W. Keller & T.E. Brooks, 1976
Genus Claustria E.M. Fries, 1849
Genus Crateriella R.L. Mishra & V.D. Ranade, 2012
Genus Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Erionema Penzig, 1898
Genus Fuligo A. Haller, 1768
Genus Kelleromyxa U.H. Eliasson in U.H. Eliasson, H.W. Keller & J.D. Schoknecht, 1991
Genus Leocarpus Link, 1809
Genus Lignydium Link, 1809
Genus Nannengaella J.M. García-Martín, J.C. Zamora & Ladó, 2023
Genus Physarella C.H. Peck, 1882
Genus Physarum Persoon in Roemer, 1794
Genus Trichamphora Junghuhn, 1838
Genus Willkommlangea O. Kuntze, 1891
Genus Aethalium Link, 1809 accepted as Fuligo A. Haller, 1768
Genus Cienkowskia Rostafinski, 1873 accepted as Willkommlangea O. Kuntze, 1891
Genus Crateriachea Rostafinski, 1873 accepted as Physarum Persoon in Roemer, 1794
Genus Cupularia Link, 1833 accepted as Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Cytidium Morgan, 1896 accepted as Physarum Persoon in Roemer, 1794
Genus Iocraterium E. Jahn, 1904 accepted as Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Lignidium Fries, 1817 accepted as Fuligo A. Haller, 1768
Genus Nidularia Withering, 1787 accepted as Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Pittocarpium Link, 1815 accepted as Fuligo A. Haller, 1768
Genus Scyphium Rostafinski, 1874 accepted as Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Sphaerocarpa H.C.F. Schumacher, 1803-1804 accepted as Craterium Trentepohl in A.W. Roth, 1797
Genus Sphaerocarpus Bulliard, 1791 accepted as Physarum Persoon in Roemer, 1794
Genus Tilmadoche E.M. Fries, 1849 accepted as Physarum Persoon in Roemer, 1794
Genus Tripotrichia Corda, 1837 accepted as Leocarpus Link, 1809
Genus Dichosporium C.G.D. Nees, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Physaraceae Chevallier, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109325 on 2026-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

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2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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2019-05-12 18:59:33Z

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Sources (7)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Lado, C.; Eliasson, U. (2017). Taxonomy and systematics: current knowledge and approaches on the taxonomic treatment of Myxomycetes. Pp. 205-251 in C. Alvarado & S. Stephenson, eds: Myxomycetes - Biology, Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology. Academic Press. 205-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805089-7.00007-x [details]

taxonomy source Wijayawardene, N. et al. (2022). Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021. Mycosphere. 13(1): 53-453., available online at https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2 [details]

name verified source Leontyev, D. V.; Schnittler, M.; Stephenson, S. L.; Novozhilov, Y. K.; Shchepin, O. N. (2019). Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes. Phytotaxa. 399(3): 209-238., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5 [details]

current name source Wijayawardene, N. et al. (2022). Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021. Mycosphere. 13(1): 53-453., available online at https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2 [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

habitat flag source Leontyev, D. V.; Schnittler, M.; Stephenson, S. L.; Novozhilov, Y. K.; Shchepin, O. N. (2019). Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes. Phytotaxa. 399(3): 209-238., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5 [details]