Brefeldia
Genus of slime moulds
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Brefeldia is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.[1]
| Brefeldia | |
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| Brefeldia maxima: plasmodium after 5 days | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Stemonitidales |
| Family: | Amaurochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Brefeldia Rostaf. |
The genus name of Brefeldia is in honour of Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839 – 1925), a German botanist and mycologist.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Józef Tomasz Rostafínsky in 1873 and appears to be monotypic, containing the species Brefeldia maxima.[3]
