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Clastodermataceae

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Clastodermataceae
Life cycle of "Barbeyella minutissima". A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium
life cycle of Barbeyella minutissima. A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Echinosteliales
Family: Clastodermataceae
Alexop. & T.E.Brooks
Type genus
Clastoderma
Genera

The Clastodermataceae are a family of slime molds in the order Echinosteliales. The family was circumscribed in 1971.[1] The family contains two genera, Barbeyella and Clastoderma, that have a total of three species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Alexopoulos, C.J.; Brooks, T.E. (1971). "Taxonomic studies in the Myxomycetes III. Clastodermataceae: A new family of the Echinosteliales". Mycologia. 63 (4): 925–8. doi:10.2307/3758063. JSTOR 3758063.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 760. ISBN 9780851998268.