Physarum cinereum

Physarum cinereum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Physarales
Family:	Physaraceae
Genus:	Physarum
Species:	P. cinereum
Binomial name
Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. (1794)
Synonyms
Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783) Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829) Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f. (1867) Lignydium cinereum (Batsch) Kuntze (1898)

Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass or beet but is not a pathogen.

Taxonomy

The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783;Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.