Tubifera
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| Tubifera | |
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| Tubifera ferruginosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Liceales |
| Family: | Tubiferaceae |
| Genus: | Tubifera G.F.Gmel., 1792 |
| Type species | |
| Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 1791 | |
Tubifera is a genus of slime moulds from the class Myxogastria. The genus comprises 12 species.
The fruit-bodies are aethalia formed from numerous, usually densely packed sporangia. The oblong sporangia are ochre, pink or red to dark brown and may be shiny or shimmering. They open at the tip to release the spores.[1]
The hypothallus is spongy, occasionally raised to a stem-like, stock, dark-coloured structure or also, on Tubifera bombarda, soft and film-like thin. The membranous, single layered peridium outlasts the below half. A pseudocapillitium may or may not be present. The spores are light yellow to reddish-brown.[1]
