black-calabash vs

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Physarum viride

Key Differences

  • black-calabash is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank black-calabash
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Mycetozoa
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order Lamiales (Lamiales) Physarales (Physarales)
Family Bignoniaceae Physaraceae
Genus Amphitecna Physarum
Species Amphitecna latifolia Physarum viride

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute black-calabash
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Physarum viride is a vibrantly coloured myxomycete (slime mould) producing small, bright yellow-green sporangia on decaying organic matter including dead wood, leaves, and litter in forest habitats. Like all Physarum species, it spends part of its life as a multinucleate plasmodium that creeps across substrates to engulf food particles. This species is found in moist woodlands across temperate and tropical zones.

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