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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Physarales |
Family: | Didymiaceae |
Genus: |
Mucilago P. Micheli ex Adans. |
Species: | M. crustacea
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Binomial name | |
Mucilago crustacea P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg
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Mucilago crustacea is a species of slime mould, in the monotypic genus Mucilago, in the family Didymiaceae. [1] Due to its visual resemblance to canine vomit, [2] it is known colloquially as the "dog sick slime mould" [3] or "dog sick fungus", [4] albeit that slime moulds are not true fungi. [4]
The fruiting body is yellow to white, becoming paler with time, and then blackening. [3]
It usually occurs on damp grass. [2] The species was described by P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg. [2] [5]
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