Physarum cinereum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Physarales |
Family: | Physaraceae |
Genus: | Physarum |
Species: | P. cinereum
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Binomial name | |
Physarum cinereum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass[2] or beet[citation needed] but is not a pathogen.[2]
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.