Craterium

Craterium is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Physaraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl in Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Craterium:


 * Craterium atrolucens Flatau
 * Craterium aureomagnum Hooff & Nann.-Bremek.
 * Craterium aureonucleatum Nann.-Bremek.
 * Craterium aureum (Schumach.) Rostaf.
 * Craterium aureum Fuckel
 * Craterium concinnum Rex
 * Craterium corniculatum B.Zhang & Yu Li
 * Craterium costatum Dhillon & Nann.-Bremek.
 * Craterium dictyosporum (Rostaf.) H.Neubert, Nowotny & K.Baumann
 * Craterium leucocephalum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ditmar
 * Craterium leucocephalum Grev.
 * Craterium microcarpum H.Z.Li, Yu Li & Shuang L.Chen
 * Craterium minutum (Leers) Fr.
 * Craterium muscorum Ing
 * Craterium obovatum Peck
 * Craterium paraguayense (Speg.) G.Lister
 * Craterium reticulatum Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam.
 * Craterium retisporum G.Moreno, D.W.Mitch. & S.L.Stephenson
 * Craterium rubronodum G.Lister
 * Craterium subpurpurea B.Zhang & Yu Li
 * Craterium yichunense S.Y.Liu, F.Y.Zhao & Y.Li