Didymium cf iridis

Sorry for the not-so-great photos (it has been miserably hot out this week). This slime mold was growing on leaves, pine straw, and other detritus at a mixed forest edge (in a moist valley). June 2021. Gordon County, Georgia, US

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I think the photos are really good, and it's a super cool species!

Want to run something by you. It seems all our slime molds currently are under kingdom "amoebozoa":
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/amoebozoa

...however, your new species is under "Protozoa":
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/protozoa

When looking up the taxonomy of this species, this does seem correct. However, now we have an identical sub structure, for example "Mycetozoa" under both kingdoms. It seems a duplication of the tree structure. Feels wrong, but I don't know what the correct way is, so thoughts very welcome :) Posted 4 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks!
  
  And lemme see.
  
  The Amoebozoa are a major group of amoeboid protozoa. Amoebozoa would be considered the Phylum and not the Kingdom I think. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks, did some more checking and that looks correct. Made the fixes. Posted 4 years ago