Amoeboid Protists

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Lundy list of Amoeboid Protists

Although not fungi, members of the phylum Amoebozoa within the kingdom Protista, which includes slime-moulds, are often studied and recorded by fungi experts. This is the definitive list of protists recorded on Lundy.

A total of 23 species (or forms) are listed here.

List alphabetically by common name List alphabetically by scientific name

Phylum: Amoebozoa

Class: Myxomycetes

Order: Liceales

Family: Reticulariaceae (1 species)

[No common name] Dictydiaethalium plumbeum rare much rotted Sycamore wood first:2022

Family: Cribrariaceae (4 species)

[No common name] Cribraria intricata rare Woodland and Scrub first:2023
[No common name] Cribraria violacea rare Woodland and Scrub first:2023
[No common name] Cribraria aurantiaca common Woodland & scrub first:2013
[No common name] Cribraria rufa rare Woodland & scrub first:2003

Family: Lycogalaceae (2 species)

False Puffball Slime Mould Enteridium lycoperdon occasional Woodland & scrub first:2013
Wolf’s Milk Slime Mould Lycogala epidendrum occasional Woodland & scrub first:1995

Order: Stemonitales

Family: Stemonitidaceae (2 species)

[No common name] Stemonitis sp. rare first:2020
[No common name] Amaurochaete tubulina rare Woodland & scrub first:2005

Order: Trichiales

Family: Arcyriaceae (1 species)

[No common name] Arcyria denudata common Woodland & scrub first:2005

Family: Trichiaceae (6 species)

[No common name] Metatrichia vesparia rare Rotted oak in Millcombe
[No common name] Perichaena vermicularis rare on dead sterm of Agrostis first:2022
[No common name] Metatrichia floriformis common Woodland & scrub first:2010
[No common name] Trichia affinis common Woodland & scrub first:2010
[No common name] Trichia persimilis common Woodland & scrub first:2008
[No common name] Trichia varia common Woodland & scrub first:2006

Order: Ceratiomyxales

Family: Ceratiomyxaceae (1 species)

Coral Slime Mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa occasional Woodland & scrub first:2015

Order: Physarales

Family: Physaraceae (4 species)

[No common name] Fuligo septica occasional Woodland & scrub first:2016
Egg-shell Slime Mould Leocarpus fragilis common Heathland first:2004
[No common name] Physarum leucophaeum occasional Grassland first:2004
[No common name] Physarum pusillum occasional Woodland & scrub first:2017

Family: Didymiaceae (2 species)

[No common name] Didymium squamulosum rare Incubated rabbit bone first:2021
Dog’s Vomit Slime Mould Mucilago crustacea common Grassland first:2011