Synonymy:
Physarum effusum Schwein., Trans. Am. phil. Soc., New Series 4(2): 257 (1832) [1834]
Lignydium effusum (Schwein.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 490 (1898)
Chondrioderma reticulatum var. effusum (Schwein.) Torrend, Brotéria, sér. bot. 7: 99 (1908)

Didymium reticulatum Rostaf., in Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 27-28: 73 (1873) [1873-74]
Chondrioderma reticulatum (Rostaf.) Rostaf., Śluzowce monogr. (Paryz): 170 (1875) [1874]
Diderma reticulatum (Rostaf.) Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 16: 155 (1894)
Diderma effusum var. reticulatum (Rostaf.) T. Macbr., N. Amer. Slime-Moulds, Edn 2 (New York): 131 (1922)

Position in classification:
Diderma, Didymiidae, Stemonitida, Myxogastria, Myxogastrea, Amoebozoa, Protozoa

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