Cribraria
# Cribraria

Cribraria is a genus of slime molds from the group of Myxogastria. It comprises about 30 species, some of which are extremely difficult to distinguish.

## Features

The fruiting bodies are usually pedunculated sporangia, a calyculus may be present or absent. The delicate peridium is reduced to a structure of vertical, thickened threads that are interconnected by extremely fine, translucent transverse threads. In some cases, however, the peridium may also appear like a net, as in Cribraria - species. Mostly dark, clearly visible dictydine granules are found especially close to the ribs of the peridia, the calyculus and the spores.

## Distribution

The genus is distributed worldwide, about two-thirds of the species are, however, [neotropic] ch. Many of their species are common in the respective distribution areas.

## Systematics and Research History

The genus was first described in 1794 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, type species is Cribraria rufescens .

The genus includes at least 30 species, including:

## Species

* Cribraria angulospora
* Cribraria argillacea
* Cribraria atrofusca
* Cribraria aurantiaca
* Cribraria cancellata
* Cribraria confusa
* Cribraria costata
* Cribraria cribrarioides
* Cribraria dictyospora
* Cribraria elegans
* Cribraria enodis
* Cribraria exigua
* Cribraria ferruginea
* Cribraria filiformis
* Cribraria fragilis
* Cribraria intricata
* Cribraria irregularis
* Cribraria languescens
* Cribraria laxa
* Cribraria lepida
* Cribraria macrocarpa
* Cribraria macrospora
* Cribraria macrostipitata
* Cribraria martinii
* Cribraria media
* Cribraria meylanii
* Cribraria microcarpa
* Cribraria minutissima
* Cribraria mirabilis
* Cribraria oregana
* Cribraria paucicostata
* Cribraria paucidictyon
* Cribraria persoonii
* Cribraria pertenuis
* Cribraria piriformis
* Cribraria purpurea
* Cribraria rubiginosa
* Cribraria rufa
* Cribraria rutila
* Cribraria splendens
* Cribraria stellifera
* Cribraria tecta
* Cribraria tenella
* Cribraria violacea
* Cribraria vulgaris
* Cribraria zonatispora
