Fuligo

Fuligo
Fuligo septica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Fuligo
Haller (1768)

Fuligo is a widespread genus of plasmodial slime mold in the family Physaraceae. These organisms are amoebozoans rather than fungi, but for historical reasons are sometimes treated as part of mycology.