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Yellow Carnival Candy Slime

Heterotrichia obvelata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 8, February 8, March 34, April 21, May 9, June 9, July 4, August 3, September 5, October 5, November 4, December 11.
Australia121
California118
Russia72
New South Wales54
British Columbia50
Germany39
Victoria34
United Kingdom21
Washington20
England20

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Classification

Kingdomprotozoans · Protozoa
Phylumslime molds · Mycetozoa
Classtrue slime molds · Myxomycetes
OrderTrichiales
FamilyHemitrichiaceae
GenusHeterotrichia

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