Enteridium Ehrenb.

Enteridium Ehrenb., Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1 (2): 55. 1819 Fig. 6 ≡ Licaethalium Rostaf., Vers. Syst. Mycetozoen: 4. 1873, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Type. Enteridium olivaceum Ehrenb., Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1 (2): 57. 1819. Updated diagnosis. Within the family Dianemataceae, Enteridium is characterized by the flat, usually effused sporophores with either a pseudocapillitium consisting of perforated plates or flat pillar-like structures, a true capillitium of sparse, simple threads, or lacking any capillitium or pseudocapillitium, and free or clustered spores, ornamented with warts or spines, these concentrated on the outer side of the cluster when the spores are not free. Accepted species names