Belongs within: Eumycetozoa.
Contains: Licea, Cribrariaceae, Reticulariaceae, Trichiaceae.
The Lucisporidia are a group of slime moulds producing light- or bright-coloured spores (Adl et al. 2019).
<==Lucisporidia (see below for synonymy)
| i. s.: Alwisia Berk. & Broome 1873AB19, KC01
|--Liceida [Liceales]C-SCL16
| |--LiceaRS99
| |--CribrariaceaeKC01
| |--ReticulariaceaeKC01
| `--Listerella Jahn 1906LT62 [Listerellaceae, ListerellidaeC-SCO04]
| `--*L. paradoxa Jahn 1906NNB93
`--Trichiida [Trichiales]C-SCL16
|--TrichiaceaeKC01
|--Dianemataceae [Dianemeae, Dianemidae, Dianemininae]KC01
| |--Calomyxa Nieuwl. 1916AB19, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--*C. metallica (Berkeley) Nieuwl. 1916NNB93 (see below for synonymy)
| | | |--C. m. var. metallicaNNB93
| | | `--C. m. var. megaspora Yamam. & Nann.-Brem. 1990NNB93
| | `--C. synspora Farr & Kow. 1974NNB93
| `--Dianema Rex 1891LT62 (see below for synonymy)
| |--*D. harveyi Rex 1891 [=*Dianemina harveyi]LT61
| |--D. aggregatum Kow. 1967NNB93
| |--D. andersonii Morgan in Macbride 1922NNB93
| |--D. corticatum Lister 1894NNB93
| |--D. depressum (Lister) Lister 1894 [=Cornuvia depressa Lister 1891]NNB93
| |--D. nivale (Meylan) Lister 1911 [=Lamprodermopsis nivalis Meylan 1910]NNB93
| |--D. repens Lister & Cran 1925NNB93
| `--D. subretisporum Kow. 1967NNB93
`--Arcyriaceae [Arcyriacea, Arcyriaceae, Arcyriae, Arcyrieae, Arcyriei, Arcyriidae, Arcyriinae]KC01
|--Cornuvia Rostaf. 1873KC01
| `--*C. serpula (Wigand) Rost. in Fuckel 1873 [=Arcyria serpula Wigand 1863]NNB93
`--Arcyria Hill ex Wiggers 1780 (see below for synonymy)KC01
|--*A. denudata (L.) Wettst. 1886NNB93 [=Clathrus denudatus L. 1753NNB93; incl. A. punicea Pers. 1794SS16]
|--A. abietina (Wigand) Nann.-Brem. 1985 (see below for synonymy)NNB93
|--A. adnataH04
|--A. affinis Rost. 1875 [incl. Arcyria incarnata var. fulgens Lister 1925, Arcyrella similis Racib. 1884]NNB93
|--A. afroalpina Rammeloo 1981NNB93
|--A. annulifera Torrend 1908NNB93
|--A. assamica Agnithothrudu 1955NNB93
|--A. aureoglobosa Yamam. 1990NNB93
|--A. brooksea Lakh. & Mukerji 1979NNB93
|--A. brunnea Nann.-Brem. & Yamam. 1986NNB93
|--A. bulbosa Steph. & Nann.-Brem. 1990NNB93
|--A. cinerea (Bull.) Pers. 1801 [=Trichia cinerea Bull. 1791]NNB93
|--A. colloderma Nann.-Brem. & Steph. 1990NNB93
|--A. corymbosa Farr & Martin 1958NNB93
|--A. elaterensis Mulleavy 1977NNB93
|--A. fasciculata Dhillon & Nann.-Brem. 1978NNB93
|--A. ferruginea Sauter 1841 [incl. A. incarnata var. nodulosa Macbr. 1899]NNB93
| |--A. f. var. ferrugineaNNB93
| `--A. f. var. antverpiensis Robbrecht 1979NNB93
|--A. flavescens Yamam. 1992NNB93
|--A. fuegiana Arrambari 1972NNB93
|--A. glauca Lister in Minakata 1908NNB93
|--A. globosa Schwein. 1822 [=Craterium globosum (Schwein.) Fr. 1829]NN95
|--A. helvetica (Meylan) Neub., Now. & Baum. 1989 [=A. incarnata var. helvetica Meylan 1910]NNB93
|--A. incarnata (Pers.) Pers. 1796 [=Stemonitis incarnata Pers. in Gmel. 1791]NNB93
|--A. insignis Kalchbr. & Cooke 1882 [incl. A. insignis var. dispersa Hagelst. 1929]NNB93
|--A. leiocarpa (Cooke) Martin & Alexop. 1969 [=Hemiarcyria leiocarpa Cooke 1877]NNB93
|--A. magna Rex 1893NNB93
|--A. major (Lister) Ing 1967 [=A. insignis var. major Lister 1925]NNB93
|--A. margino-undulata Nann.-Brem. & Yamam. 1983NNB93
|--A. minuta Buchet in Pat 1927 (see below for synonymy)NNB93
|--A. nepalensis Poelt 1965NNB93
|--A. nigella Emoto 1928NNB93
|--A. obvelata (Oeder) Onsberg 1978 (see below for synonymy)NNB93
|--A. occidentalis (Macbr.) Lister 1911 [=Lachnobolus occidentalis Macbr. 1899]NNB93
|--A. oerstedtii Rost. 1875NNB93
|--A. oerstedtioides Flat. & Schirm 1983NNB93
|--A. olivaceoglobosa Farr, Chapman & Mitchel 1979NNB93
|--A. pausiacea Keller & Buben-Zurey 1986NNB93
|--A. poeltii Nann.-Brem. & Yamam. 1990NNB93
|--A. pomiformis (Leers) Rost. 1875 [=Mucor pomiformis Leers 1775]NNB93
|--A. rubrobrunnea Nann.-Brem. & Schinner 1986NNB93
|--A. stipata (Schw.) Lister 1894 [=Leangium stipatum Schw. 1832]NNB93
|--A. verrucosituba Nann.-Brem. & Schinner 1986NNB93
|--A. versicolor Phill. 1877NNB93
`--A. virescens Lister 1921NNB93
Arcyria Hill ex Wiggers 1780 [incl. Arcyrella (Rostaf.) Racib. 1884, Heterotrichia Massee 1892, Nassula Fr. 1849 non Ehrenberg 1833 (ICZN)]KC01
Arcyria abietina (Wigand) Nann.-Brem. 1985 [=Trichia abietina Wigand 1863, Hemitrichia abietina (Wigand) Lister 1911; incl. Hemitrichia wigandii var. aurantiaca Meylan 1910, H. wigandii var. lutea Meylan 1910, H. wigandii]NNB93
Arcyria minuta Buchet in Pat 1927 [incl. A. cinerea var. carnea Lister 1911, A. carnea (Lister) Lister 1921, A. gulielmae Nann.-Brem. 1971]NNB93
Arcyria obvelata (Oeder) Onsberg 1978 [=Embolus obvelatus Oeder 1770; incl. Trichia nutans Bull. 1791, Arcyria nutans (Bull.) Grev. 1824]NNB93
Calomyxa Nieuwl. 1916AB19, KC01 [=Margarita Lister 1894 nec Leach 1814 nec Leach 1819 nec Gaudin 1829 (ICBN) nec Lea 1836 nec Lea 1838KC01, Margaritellina Loeblich & Tappan 1962LT62]
*Calomyxa metallica (Berkeley) Nieuwl. 1916NNB93 [=Physarum metallicum Berkeley 1836NNB93, *Margarita metallicaLT62, *Margaritellina metallicaLT62]
Dianema Rex 1891 non Cope 1871 (ICZN)LT62 [incl. Dianemina Loeblich & Tappan 1961LT62, Lamprodermopsis Meyl. 1910KC01]
Lucisporidia [Anemeae, Anemineae, Calonemata, Calonemeae, Calonemineae, Calotricheae, Dictydiineae, Enteridiales, Enteridieae, Enteridioidea, Entheridieae, Lamprosacrales, Lamprosporae, Lamprosporales, Lamprosporeae, Lamprosporei, Margaritoidea, Peritrichea, Peritricheae, Trichiacea, Trichioidea, Trichophorae]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[C-SCL16] Cavalier-Smith, T., E. E. Chao & R. Lewis. 2016. 187-gene phylogeny of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa reveals a new class (Cutosea) of deep-branching, ultrastructurally unique, enveloped marine Lobosa and clarifies amoeba evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 275–296.
[C-SCO04] Cavalier-Smith, T., E. E.-Y. Chao & B. Oates. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium. European Journal of Protistology 40: 21–48.
[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.
[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[LT61] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1961. Suprageneric classification of the Rhizopodea. Journal of Paleontology 35 (2): 245–330.
[LT62] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1962. Six new generic names in the Mycetozoida (Trichiidae) and Foraminiferida (Fischerinidae, Buliminidae, Caucasinidae, and Pleurostomellidae), and a redescription of Loxostomum (Loxostomidae, new family). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 107–114.
[NNB93] Neubert, H., W. Nowotny & K. Baumann. 1993. Die Myxomyceten: Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Alpenraumes unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Österreichs vol. 1. Ceratiomyxales, Echinosteliales, Liceales, Trichiales. Karlheinz Baumann Verlag: Gomaringen.
[NN95] Neubert, H., W. Nowotny, K. Baumann & H. Marx. 1995. Die Myxomyceten: Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Alpenraumes unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Österreichs vol. 2. Physarales. Karlheinz Baumann Verlag: Gomaringen.
[RS99] Rossman, A. Y., G. J. Samuels, C. T. Rogerson & R. Lowen. 1999. Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). Studies in Mycology 42: 1–248.
[SS16] Sydow, H., & P. Sydow. 1916. Fungi papuani. Die von C. Ledermann in Neu-Guinea gesammelten Pilze. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 246–261.