Licea

{{Short description|Genus of slime molds}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|image=Licea kleistobolus 241553683.jpg

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| image_caption = Licea kleistobolus

| taxon = Licea

| authority = Schrad. (1797)

| type_species = Licea pusilla{{cite web|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=12129|title=Index Fungorum: Licea|accessdate=14 February 2021}}

| type_species_authority = Schrad. (1797)

| synonyms =

  • Cylichnium F.G.Wallroth (1833)
  • Hymenobolina H.Zukal (1893)
  • Hymenobolus H.Zukal (1893)
  • Kleistobolus C. Lippert (1894)
  • Orcadella Wingate (1889)
  • Pleiomorpha (N.E.Nannenga-Bremekamp) S.S.Dhillon (1978)
  • Protoderma Rostafinski, (1874)
  • Protodermium Rostafinski ex A.N. Berlese (1888)
  • Protodermodium O.Kuntze (1891)

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Licea is a genus of slime molds belonging to the family Liceidae.{{cite web |title=IRMNG – Licea H.A. Schrader, 1797 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350239 |website=www.irmng.org |access-date=21 January 2021}}

The genus was first described by Heinrich Schrader in 1797.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Licea – Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/22284 |website=eol.org |access-date=21 January 2021}}

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