Secretive slime moulds : myxomycetes of Australia / Steven L. Stephenson.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Comprehensively describes Australia's 330 known species of myxomycetes, or slime moulds.

Description based upon print version of record.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author, Illustrators and Photographers -- Introduction -- Classification of the Myxomycetes -- Historical Background in Australia -- Life Cycle -- Structure of the Fruiting Body -- Collecting and Studying Myxomycetes -- Scope of this Monograph -- Distribution, Ecology and Importance -- Microhabitats for Myxomycetes -- General Patterns of Distribution -- Spatial Distribution Patterns -- Substrate pH -- Interactions of Myxomycetes with Other Organisms -- Myxomycete-Human Relationships -- Phylum Eumycetozoa -- Class Ceratiomycetes

Order Ceratiomyxales -- Family Ceratiomyxaceae -- Ceratiomyxa -- Class Myxomycetes -- Subclass Lucisporomycetidae -- Superorder Cribrariidia -- Order Cribrariales -- Family Cribrariaceae -- Cribraria -- Lindbladia -- Superorder Trichiidia -- Order Liceales -- Family Liceaceae -- Licea -- Order Reticulariales -- Family Reticulariaceae -- Alwisia -- Lycogala -- Reticularia -- Tubifera -- Order Trichiales -- Family Dianemataceae -- Calomyxa -- Dianema -- Dictydiaethalium -- Prototrichia -- Family Trichiaceae -- Arcyria -- Hemitrichia -- Metatrichia -- Minakatella -- Oligonema -- Perichaena

Trichia -- Subclass Columellomycetidae -- Superorder Echinostellidia -- Order Echinosteliales -- Family Echinosteliaceae -- Echinostelium -- Superorder Stemonitidia -- Order Clastodermatales -- Family Clastodermataceae -- Clastoderma -- Order Meridermatales -- Family Meridermataceae -- Meriderma -- Order Physarales -- Family Didymiaceae -- Diachea -- Diderma -- Didymium -- Lepidoderma -- Mucilago -- Family Physaraceae -- Badhamia -- Badhamiopsis -- Craterium -- Fuligo -- Leocarpus -- Physarella -- Physarum -- Protophysarum -- Willkommlangea -- Family Lamprodermataceae -- Collaria -- Colloderma

Elaeomyxa -- Lamproderma -- Paradiachea -- Order Stemonitidales -- Family Amaurochaetaceae -- Amaurochaeta -- Comatricha -- Enerthenema -- Paradiacheopsis -- Stemonaria -- Stemonitopsis -- Family Stemonitidaceae -- Macbrideola -- Stemonitis -- Symphytocarpus -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Scientific Name Index

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