Physarum cinereum

Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass^[2] or beet^{[citation needed]} but is not a pathogen.^[2]

Physarum cinereum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Physarales
Family:	Physaraceae
Genus:	Physarum
Species:	P. cinereum
Binomial name
Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. (1794)
Synonyms[1]
Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783) Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829) Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f. (1867) Lignydium cinereum (Batsch) Kuntze (1898)

Taxonomy

The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783;^[3] Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.