Species
Fuligo septica (Dog vomit slime mold)
Fuligo septica. Photo: (c) Compartodromo, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
Fuligo septica is a species of plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the Myxomycetes class. It is commonly known as the scrambled egg slime, or flowers of tan because of its peculiar yellowish, bile-colored appearance. Also known as the dog vomit slime mold, it is common with a worldwide distribution, and it is often found on bark mulch in urban areas after heavy rain or excessive watering. Their spores are produced on or in aerial…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Protozoa (Protozoans)
- Phylum: Mycetozoa (Slime molds)
- Class: Myxomycetes (True slime molds)
- Subclass: Columellomycetidae
- Superorder: Stemonitidia
- Order: Physarales
- Family: Physaraceae
- Genus: Fuligo
- Species: Fuligo septica (Dog vomit slime mold)
- Genus: Fuligo
- Family: Physaraceae
- Order: Physarales
- Superorder: Stemonitidia
- Subclass: Columellomycetidae
- Class: Myxomycetes (True slime molds)
- Phylum: Mycetozoa (Slime molds)
- Kingdom: Protozoa (Protozoans)
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