Craterium

Craterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Craterium
Craterium sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Craterium
Trentep.
Synonyms
List
  • Cupularia Link
  • Iocraterium E.Jahn
  • Nidularia With.
  • Scyphium Rostaf.
  • Sphaerocarpa H.C.F.Schumacher

The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur.[2][3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Craterium:[1]

  • Craterium atrolucens Flatau
  • Craterium aureomagnum Hooff & Nann.-Bremek.
  • Craterium aureonucleatum Nann.-Bremek.
  • Craterium aureum (Schumach.) Rostaf.
  • Craterium aureum Fuckel
  • Craterium concinnum Rex
  • Craterium corniculatum B.Zhang & Yu Li
  • Craterium costatum Dhillon & Nann.-Bremek.
  • Craterium dictyosporum (Rostaf.) H.Neubert, Nowotny & K.Baumann
  • Craterium leucocephalum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ditmar
  • Craterium leucocephalum Grev.
  • Craterium microcarpum H.Z.Li, Yu Li & Shuang L.Chen
  • Craterium minutum (Leers) Fr.
  • Craterium muscorum Ing
  • Craterium obovatum Peck
  • Craterium paraguayense (Speg.) G.Lister
  • Craterium reticulatum Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam.
  • Craterium retisporum G.Moreno, D.W.Mitch. & S.L.Stephenson
  • Craterium rubronodum G.Lister
  • Craterium subpurpurea B.Zhang & Yu Li
  • Craterium yichunense S.Y.Liu, F.Y.Zhao & Y.Li

References
  1. "Craterium Trentep". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. "Fungi".
  3. Roth, A.W. (1797). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Vol. 1.
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