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