Amaurochaete

Amaurochaete
	Plasmodium (left) and aethalium (right) of Amaurochaete slime mold.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Stemonitidales
Family:	Amaurochaetaceae
Genus:	Amaurochaete; Rostaf., 1873
Type species
	Amaurochaete atra; (Alb. & Schwein.) Rostaf., 1875
Synonyms
	Lachnobolus Fr., (1825); Jundzillia Racib. [as 'Iundzillia'] 1887; Jundzillia Racib. ex L.F.Čelak., 1893; Matruchotia Skup. (1924); Matruchotiella Skup. ex G.Lister, 1925;

Amaurochaete is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.^[2] As of 2015, there are four species in the genus.^[3]

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