Diderma

{{Short description|Genus of slime moulds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Diderma umbilicatum 002.jpg

| image_caption = Diderma umbilicatum

| taxon = Diderma

| authority = Pers.

| type_species = Diderma globosum

|type_species_authority = Pers.

}}

Diderma is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae. The genus was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1794,{{cite journal|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433011453051&view=1up&seq=81&skin=2021&q1=Neuer%20Versuch%20einer%20systematischen%20Eintheilung%20der%20Schw%C3%A4mme|author=Persoon, C.H. |date=1794|title= Neuer Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Schwämme|journal=Neues Magazin für die Botanik|volume= 1}} and the type species is Diderma globosum.{{Cite web|title=Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=12073|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.indexfungorum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107022313/http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=12073 |archive-date=2021-01-07 }}

The genus contains over 200 taxa, and includes:

• Diderma stellulum{{Cite web|title=Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma stellulum|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=135540|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.indexfungorum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119050056/http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=135540 |archive-date=2022-01-19 }}
• Diderma subasteroides{{Cite web|title=Index Fungorum - Names Record: Diderma subasteroides|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=313034|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.indexfungorum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119055602/http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=313034 |archive-date=2022-01-19 }}

• Diderma cinereum
• Diderma effusum
• Diderma floriforme
• Diderma globosum
• Diderma testaceum
• Diderma umbilicatum