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There have been many nomenclatural changes in recent years and the Mycota uses species names from the UK Species Inventory (UKSI) maintained by the Natural History Museum, London. The Mycota does not include synonyms, but if a species has been recorded under a different name to that on UKSI it will show without a hyperlink (in black) and the name under which it is recorded will be in blue.
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Slime Mould List (154 species)
Amaurochaete atra (5 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyodes incarnata (2 records; last record in 2016 )
Arcyria cinerea (55 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyria denudata (99 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyria ferruginea (18 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyria incarnata (58 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyria nutans [Arcyria obvelata ] (57 records; last record in 2022 )
Arcyria obvelata (2 records; last record in 2025 )
Arcyria oerstedii (2 records; last record in 1995 )
Arcyria pomiformis (20 records; last record in 2025 )
Badhamia capsulifera (1 record; last record in 1975 )
Badhamia foliicola (12 records; last record in 2025 )
Badhamia lilacina
Badhamia lilacina var. lilacina [Badhamia lilacina ] (2 records; last record in 1958 )
Badhamia macrocarpa (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Badhamia panicea (5 records; last record in 2003 )
Badhamia utricularis (28 records; last record in 2023 )
Brefeldia maxima (3 records; last record in 1980 )
Calomyxa metallica (7 records; last record in 2003 )
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (53 records; last record in 2025 )
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. fruticulosa [Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa ] (85 records; last record in 2020 )
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides [Ceratiomyxa porioides ] (1 record; last record in 2021 )
Ceratiomyxa porioides
Colloderma oculatum (1 record; last record in 1979 )
Comatricha alta (5 records; last record in 1988 )
Comatricha ellae (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Comatricha laxa (10 records; last record in 1992 )
Comatricha nigra (154 records; last record in 2025 )
Comatricha pulchella
Comatricha pulchella var. pulchella [Comatricha pulchella ] (1 record; last record in 1958 )
Comatricha tenerrima (8 records; last record in 2003 )
Craterium aureum (3 records; last record in 1987 )
Craterium leucocephalum (1 record; last record in 2019 )
Craterium leucocephalum var. leucocephalum [Craterium leucocephalum ] (15 records; last record in 2018 )
Craterium minutum (53 records; last record in 2025 )
Cribraria argillacea (10 records; last record in 2003 )
Cribraria aurantiaca (4 records; last record in 2025 )
Cribraria cancellata
Cribraria cancellata var. cancellata [Cribraria cancellata ] (4 records; last record in 1990 )
Cribraria intricata (1 record; last record in 2022 )
Cribraria persoonii (2 records; last record in 1981 )
Cribraria piriformis (1 record; last record in 1987 )
Cribraria rufa (14 records; last record in 1993 )
Cribraria violacea (4 records; last record in 1946 )
Diachea leucopodia (17 records; last record in 2023 )
Diachea subsessilis (3 records; last record in 2020 )
Dianema depressum (6 records; last record in 1993 )
Dictydiaethalium plumbeum (14 records; last record in 2025 )
Diderma asteroides (1 record; last record in 1936 )
Diderma deplanatum (2 records; last record in 2009 )
Diderma donkii (1 record; last record in 1992 )
Diderma effusum (20 records; last record in 2024 )
Diderma floriforme (7 records; last record in 2022 )
Diderma globosum (5 records; last record in 1994 )
Diderma hemisphaericum (21 records; last record in 2024 )
Diderma simplex (2 records; last record in 1948 )
Diderma spumarioides (20 records; last record in 2025 )
Diderma testaceum (7 records; last record in 2023 )
Diderma umbilicatum
Diderma umbilicatum var. umbilicatum [Diderma umbilicatum ] (2 records; last record in 1977 )
Didymium clavus (18 records; last record in 1995 )
Didymium difforme (41 records; last record in 2003 )
Didymium ilicinum (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Didymium melanospermum (16 records; last record in 2022 )
Didymium minus (2 records; last record in 2001 )
Didymium nigripes (9 records; last record in 2003 )
Didymium serpula (1 record; last record in 2023 )
Didymium squamulosum (51 records; last record in 2025 )
Echinostelium brooksii (6 records; last record in 2003 )
Echinostelium colliculosum (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Echinostelium corynophorum (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Echinostelium fragile (4 records; last record in 2003 )
Echinostelium minutum (1 record; last record in 2020 )
Enerthenema papillatum (21 records; last record in 2024 )
Enteridium lycoperdon [Reticularia lycoperdon ] (7 records; last record in 2025 )
Fuligo candida (4 records; last record in 2023 )
Fuligo rufa (3 records; last record in 2025 )
Fuligo septica (124 records; last record in 2025 )
Fuligo septica var. flava (88 records; last record in 2023 )
Fuligo septica var. septica [Fuligo septica ] (54 records; last record in 2020 )
Hemitrichia calyculata (7 records; last record in 2025 )
Hemitrichia clavata (13 records; last record in 2025 )
Hemitrichia leiotricha (1 record; last record in 1980 )
Hemitrichia serpula (1 record; last record in 1958 )
Lamproderma columbinum (1 record; last record in 1980 )
Lamproderma scintillans (6 records; last record in 2023 )
Leocarpus fragilis (30 records; last record in 2025 )
Lepidoderma tigrinum (1 record; last record in 1995 )
Licaethalium olivaceum
Licea belmontiana (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Licea castanea (1 record; last record in 1944 )
Licea clarkii (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea denudescens (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea kleistobolus (5 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea longa (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Licea marginata (3 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea microscopica (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea minima (3 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea operculata (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea parasitica (7 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea pusilla (3 records; last record in 2003 )
Licea sambucina (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Licea scyphoides (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Licea variabilis (3 records; last record in 2003 )
Lindbladia tubulina (1 record; last record in 2023 )
Lycogala epidendrum (154 records; last record in 2025 )
Lycogala flavofuscum (1 record; last record in 1942 )
Lycogala terrestre (110 records; last record in 2025 )
Macbrideola macrospora (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Metatrichia floriformis (90 records; last record in 2025 )
Metatrichia vesparia (2 records; last record in 2023 )
Mucilago crustacea (84 records; last record in 2025 )
Mucilago crustacea var. crustacea [Mucilago crustacea ] (39 records; last record in 2002 )
Oligonema schweinitzii (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Paradiacheopsis cribrata (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Paradiacheopsis fimbriata (5 records; last record in 2003 )
Paradiacheopsis microcarpa (1 record; last record in 2003 )
Paradiacheopsis solitaria (4 records; last record in 2003 )
Perichaena chrysosperma (1 record; last record in 1978 )
Perichaena corticalis (35 records; last record in 2001 )
Perichaena depressa (6 records; last record in 1993 )
Physarum album (129 records; last record in 2025 )
Physarum bitectum (6 records; last record in 1985 )
Physarum bivalve (22 records; last record in 2025 )
Physarum cinereum (13 records; last record in 2024 )
Physarum compressum (6 records; last record in 1984 )
Physarum contextum (5 records; last record in 1995 )
Physarum didermoides (3 records; last record in 1978 )
Physarum globuliferum (4 records; last record in 2024 )
Physarum leucophaeum (42 records; last record in 2025 )
Physarum leucopus (2 records; last record in 1960 )
Physarum obscurum (1 record; last record in 1987 )
Physarum psittacinum (2 records; last record in 1983 )
Physarum pusillum (5 records; last record in 2025 )
Physarum robustum (2 records; last record in 2003 )
Physarum straminipes (1 record; last record in 1978 )
Physarum vernum (1 record; last record in 1931 )
Physarum virescens (3 records; last record in 1987 )
Physarum viride
Physarum viride var. viride [Physarum viride ] (12 records; last record in 1994 )
Pocheina rosea (3 records; last record in 2003 )
Prototrichia metallica (6 records; last record in 1994 )
Reticularia jurana
Reticularia lycoperdon (183 records; last record in 2025 )
Reticularia olivacea var. olivacea [Licaethalium olivaceum ] (1 record; last record in 1955 )
Reticularia splendens var. jurana [Reticularia jurana ] (11 records; last record in 1992 )
Stemonitis axifera (34 records; last record in 2024 )
Stemonitis flavogenita (7 records; last record in 2023 )
Stemonitis fusca (10 records; last record in 2025 )
Stemonitis fusca var. fusca [Stemonitis fusca ] (52 records; last record in 2018 )
Stemonitis herbatica (4 records; last record in 1995 )
Stemonitis virginiensis (1 record; last record in 1981 )
Stemonitopsis hyperopta (1 record; last record in 2021 )
Stemonitopsis typhina (16 records; last record in 2023 )
Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides (1 record; last record in 1977 )
Symphytocarpus flaccidus (4 records; last record in 1989 )
Symphytocarpus impexus (3 records; last record in 1981 )
Trichia affinis (51 records; last record in 2024 )
Trichia botrytis (2 records; last record in 2024 )
Trichia botrytis var. botrytis [Trichia botrytis ] (61 records; last record in 2003 )
Trichia contorta (2 records; last record in 2024 )
Trichia contorta var. contorta [Trichia contorta ] (5 records; last record in 1992 )
Trichia contorta var. inconspicua (1 record; last record in 1935 )
Trichia decipiens (13 records; last record in 2025 )
Trichia decipiens var. decipiens [Trichia decipiens ] (35 records; last record in 2003 )
Trichia favoginea (1 record; last record in 2023 )
Trichia munda (1 record)
Trichia persimilis (27 records; last record in 2025 )
Trichia scabra (12 records; last record in 2015 )
Trichia varia (117 records; last record in 2025 )
Tubifera ferruginosa (17 records; last record in 2025 )
Tubulifera arachnoidea [Tubifera ferruginosa ] (43 records; last record in 2024 )
Willkommlangea reticulata (4 records; last record in 2025 )