Stemonitopsis

Stemonitopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.

[1] First circumscribed by Dutch botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of Comatricha,[2] she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975.

[3] The type species is Stemonitopsis hyperopta, which was originally described by Charles Meylan in 1919 as Stemonitis hyperopta.

[4] As of June 2016[update], there are 10 species in the genus.

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