Lycogala

{{Short description|Genus of slime moulds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image= Lycogala epidendrum - Pink and brown slime molds.jpg

| image_caption=Lycogala epidendrum

| taxon = Lycogala

| authority = Adans., 1763

| type_species = Lycoperdon epidendrum

| type_species_authority = J.C.Buxb. ex L., 1753

| subdivision_ranks = Species{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last=Wijayawardene |first=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=LKT |last3=Al-Ani |first4=S |last4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }}

| subdivision =

• L. confusa Nann.-Bremek. ex Ing 1999
• L. conica Persoon 1801
• L. epidendra (von Linné 1753) Fries 1829
• L. exigua Morgan 1893
• L. flavofusca (Ehrenb. 1818) Rostafinski 1873
• L. fuscoviolacea Onsberg 1972
• L. leiospora Reichardt 1866

| synonyms =

• Antonigeppia Kuntze 1898
• Dermodium Rostafinski 1875 non Link 1809
• Diphtherium Ehrenberg 1818
• Galoperdon Wiggers 1780
• Lycoperdon Tourn. ex von Linné 1759 non Pers. 1794 non Micheli 1729
• Verrucosia Teng 1932

}}

Lycogala is a genus of Amoebozoa, including the species Lycogala epidendrum.{{cite journal |vauthors=Hosoya T, Yamamoto Y, Uehara Y, Hayashi M, Komiyama K, Ishibashi M |title=New cytotoxic bisindole alkaloids with protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity from a myxomycete Lycogala epidendrum |journal=Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. |volume=15 |issue=11 |pages=2776–80 |year=2005 |pmid=15911254 |doi=10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.03.103}}