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Slime Moulds
Page Last Updated: November 6 2011
6 species
Chocolate Tube Slime Mould - approx. 1 cm high
Order: Stemonitales
Family: Stemonitaceae
Genus: Stemonitis
Species: Splendens
Chocolate Tube Slime Mould - approx. 1 cm high - High Park - June 2010
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Not a fungus - slime moulds begin life as a protoplasm
with an amoeba-like ability to move slowly and ingest
nutrients
with an amoeba-like ability to move slowly and ingest
nutrients
More Chocolate Tube Slime Mould
Updated August 22 2010
Class: Myxomycetes (True Slime Moulds)
Insect Egg? Slime Mould - 1 to 2 mm
Order: Physarales?
Family: Physacaceae?
Insect Egg? Slime Mould - 1 to 2 mm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
More Insect Egg Slime Mould
Updated September 28 2010
Genus: Leocarpus?
Species: Fragilis?
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Unknown Slime Mould - approx. 2 cm
Unknown Slime Mould - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
Order: ?
Family: ?
Class: Myxomycetes? (True Slime Moulds) - also
Myxogastria?
Myxogastria?
Coral Slime Mould - approx. 20 cm
Order: Protosteliales (Ceratiomyxales?)
Family: Ceratiomyxaceae
Coral Slime Mould - approx. 20 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Class: Protosteliomycetes (Myxomycetes?)
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
More Coral Slime Mould
Updated September 13 2010
Genus: Ceratiomyxa
Species: Fruiticulosa
Class: Myxomycetes (True Slime Moulds)
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Dog Vomit Slime Mould - approx.10 cm - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - June 2011
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
More Dog Vomit Slime Mould
Updated November 6 2011
Genus: Fuligo
Species: Septica
Genus: Lycogala
Species: Epidendrum
Wolf's-milk Slime Mould - approx. 1 cm
Wolf's-milk Slime Mould - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
Order: Liceales
Family: Reticulariaceae
Class: Myxomycetes (True Slime Moulds) - also
Myxogastria?
Myxogastria?
More Wolf's-milk Slime Mould
Updated July 31 2011
Also known as Toothpaste Slime Mould
More Unknown Slime Mould
Updated July 31 2011
Leocarpus fragilis is normally stalked and hanging
Unknown Slime Mould Sporangia - 1 to 2 mm
Order: ?
Family: ?
Unknown Slime Mould Sporangia (spore-bearing capsule) - 1 to 2 mm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Class: ?
Phylum: Myxomycota (Slime Moulds) - also Mycetozoa?
Kingdom: Protista (Amoebozoa?)
More Unknown Slime Mould Sporangia
Updated September 28 2010
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Also known as Scrambled Egg Slime Mould
Class: Myxomycetes (True Slime Moulds)