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Craterium leucocephalum (Pers.) Ditmar

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Amoebozoa

Phylum
Mycetozoa

Class
Myxomycetes

Order
Physarales

Family
Physaraceae

Genus
Craterium

Species
leucocephalum

Taxon category: Accepted

References

  • Bonar, L. (1939) Fungi from the Galápagos and other Pacific coastal islands Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 22, 195-206
  • Eliasson, U. Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1983) Myxomycetes of the Scalesia forests in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycology Proceedings C 86(2): 143-153.
  • Kirk, P. (ed.) (2010) Index Fungorum. CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, available online at www.indexfungorum.org.
  • Reid, D.A. Pegler, D.N., & Spooner, B.M. (1980) An Annotated List of the Fungi of the Galápagos Islands. Kew Bulletin 35(4): 847-892.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Craterium leucocephalum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17105. Accessed 31 October 2026.