Badhamia melanospora Speg.
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBadhamia melanospora (a slime mould)
GenusBadhamia (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyPHYSARACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderPHYSARIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Badhamia melanospora (a slime mould) :
1: Badhamia melanospora (a slime mould)
23 Oct 2006 OSGR: SN62 51° 50’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Carmarthen (VC 44) Wales
on fallen Beech branch
Image 1: Sporangia - dehiscing - magnifiedImage 2: Sporangia - highly enlargedImage 3: Sporangia - in situ - enlargedImage 4: Sporangia - side view - magnifiedImage 5: Sporangia - side views - magnifiedImage 6: Sporangia - top views - magnifiedImage 7: Focussed on surface - highly magnifiedImage 8: Lime knots - magnifiedImage 9: Lime knots - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Peridium fragment - magnifiedImage 11: Sporangiophore stalk - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Spores and lime knot - magnifiedImage 13: Spores - magnifiedImage 14: Spores - magnified (2)Image 15: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 16: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 17: Spores - highly magnified (3)Image 18: Spores - highly magnified (4)Image 19: Spores - highly magnified (5)Image 20: Spore surface - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ing, B. & Storey, M. 2009 Fungal Portraits, No. 39: Badhamia melanospora Field Mycology Vol 10 (3): 75-6.

Badhamia melanospora (a slime mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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