After Adl et al., 2005
<==o Eumycetozoa Zopf, 1884 emend. Olive, 1975 [Mycetozoa de Bary, 1873] |?- Copromyxa |?- Copromyxella |?- Fonticula |--o Protostelia Olive, 1975 | |?- Microglomus | |?- Nematostelium | |?- Tychosorium | |--o Cavosteliidae | | `-- Cavostellium | |--o Ceratiomyxidae | | |-- Ceratiomyxa | | `-- Ceratiomyxella | `--o Protosteliidae | `-- Protostelium |--o Myxogastria Macbride, 1899 [Myxomycetes Link, 1833 emend. Haeckel, 1866] (slime molds; limasienet) | |-- Arcyria | |-- Badhamia | |-- Barbyella | |-- Brefeldia | |-- Comatricha | |-- Cribraria | |-- Diachea | |-- Diderma | |-- Dydimium | |-- Fulico | |-- Lamproderma | |-- Leocarpus | |-- Lepidoderma | |-- Lycogala | |-- Macbrideola | |-- Metatrichia | |-- Perichaena | |-- Tubulifera | |-- Willkommlangea | |--o ECHINOSTELIIDA | | `-- Echinostelium | |--o STEMONITIDA | | `-- Stemonitis | |--o TRICHIIDA | | `-- Trichia | |--o PHYSARIDA | | |-- Physarella | | `-- Physarum | `--o LICEIDA | `-- Licea `-- Dictyostelia Lister, 1909 emend.Olive, 1970
After “The Tree of Life”
<==o Eumycetozoa |--o Protostelia Olive, 1975 | |--o ECHINOSTELIOPSIDA | `--o PROTOSTELIIDA | |-- Cavosteliidae | |-- Ceratiomyxidae | `-- Protosteliidae `--o Myxogastria Macbride, 1899 [Myxomycetes Link, 1833 emend. Haeckel, 1866] (slime molds; limasienet) |--o ECHINOSTELIIDA |--o STEMONITIDA |--o TRICHIIDA |--o PHYSARIDA `--o LICEIDA
After Parker, 1982
<==o Myxomycota (slime molds; limasienet) |-- Acrasiomycetes `--o Myxomycetes Link, 1833 emend. Haeckel, 1866 |--o Ceratiomyxomycetidae | `--o Ceratiomyxales | `-- Ceratiomyxaceae |--o Myxogastromycetidae | |--o Physarales | | |-- Physaraceae | | `-- Didymiaceae | |--o Liceales | | |-- Liceaceae | | |-- Reticulariaceae | | `-- Cribrariaceae | |--o Echinosteliales | | |-- Clastodermataceae | | `-- Echinosteliaceae | `--o Trichiales | |-- Dianemaceae | `-- Trichiaceae `--o Stemonitomycetidae `--o Stemonitales `-- Stemonitaceae
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