Overview
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Sporocarps small, stipitate, globose to ovate. Stalk translucent, hollow (trapped air is often seen in liquid mounts). Columella usually present. Peridium fugaceous or persistent. Capillitium present or absent.
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Order: Stemonitales
- Family: Stemonitidaceae
- Genus: Macbrideola
- Family: Stemonitidaceae
- Order: Stemonitales
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Genus Macbrideola is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in the Genus Macbrideola: M. argentea · M. confusa · M. coprophila · M. cornea · M. cornea var. cornea · M. decapillata · M. declinata · M. dubia · M. herrerae · M. lamprodermoides · M. macrospora · M. martinii · M. oblonga · M. ovoidea · M. reticulospora · M. scintillans · M. scintillans var. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera
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