Name:		Ophiotheca Curr., Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science 2 (1854) page 241 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Perichaena Fr.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Trichiaceae Chevall. [Family] Trichiales T. Macbr. [Order] Myxogastrea [Class] Mycetozoa [Subdivision / Subphylum] Amoebozoa [Division / Phylum] Protozoa [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Ophiotheca bicolor Berk. & Broome Ophiotheca chrysosperma Curr. Ophiotheca circumscissa (Rostaf.) Massee Ophiotheca pallida Berk. & M.A. Curtis Ophiotheca reticulata (Berk. & Broome) Massee Ophiotheca serpula (Wigand) Massee Ophiotheca umbrina Berk. & M.A. Curtis Ophiotheca vermicularis (Schwein.) Massee Ophiotheca wrightii Berk. & M.A. Curtis
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