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Physarum cinereum

species of slime mold

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ7189519 ↗
Source-derived summary

Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that grows on turfgrass or beet but is not a pathogen.

Taxonomy

The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783; Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Physarum cinereum” as species of slime mold. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Physarum, cinereum and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1783, 1794—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Physarum, cinereum and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7189519. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1783 and 1794.

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This entry incorporates text from “Physarum cinereum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.