Coral Slime Ceratiomyxa porioides (Alb. & Schwein.) J. Schröt.    Synonyms: Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa porioides, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides.
Kingdom Amoebozoa   >   Phylum Mycetozoa   >   Class Myxomycetes   >   Order Ceratiomyxales   >   Family Ceratiomyxaceae   >   Genus Ceratiomyxa   

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Until recently Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa and Ceratiomyxa porioides were considered varieties of Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. Some specialists now split these into two separate species while others treat them as a single species.

There are 84 records in the project database.

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Coral Slime in Howard Co., Maryland (6/7/2010). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Howard Co., Maryland (8/3/2008). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/6/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/15/2019). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/17/2022). (c) Serenella Linares, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Serenella Linares via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/17/2022). (c) Serenella Linares, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Serenella Linares via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/17/2022). (c) Serenella Linares, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Serenella Linares via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Coral Slime in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/30/2023). (c) Isabella Leung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Isabella Leung via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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