Diderma Pers.
(a genus of slime moulds)

Diderma (a genus of slime moulds) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Diderma chondrioderma a slime mould	Species	1 trophisms
Diderma effusum a slime mould	Species	2 trophisms
Diderma globosum a slime mould	Species	2 trophisms
Diderma saundersii a slime mould	Species		1 references
Diderma simplex a slime mould	Species	2 trophisms
Diderma spumarioides a slime mould	Species	2 trophisms
Diderma testaceum a slime mould	Species	2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Diderma (a genus of slime moulds)
Family	DIDYMIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
Order	PHYSARIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	MYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
Subphylum	MYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
Phylum	AMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
Subkingdom	SARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Diderma is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Myxogastrea)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diderma (a genus of slime moulds)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ing, B.	2003	Snowline myxomycetes in Britain	Field Mycology Vol 4 (1): 7-14.

Diderma (a genus of slime moulds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

AMOEBOZOA
(amoebae and cellular slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Diderma (a genus of slime moulds):

MYXOGASTREA
(slime moulds, myxomycetes)

AMOEBOZOA
(amoebae and cellular slime moulds)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Diderma is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)