Name:		Lignyota Fr., (1849) page 459 [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Didymiaceae Rostaf. ex Cooke [Family] Physarales T. Macbr. [Order] Myxogastrea [Class] Mycetozoa [Subdivision / Subphylum] Amoebozoa [Division / Phylum] Protozoa [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Lignyota nigra Fr. Lignyota umbrina Fr.
Links:		Genbank Google images