Position in a system
species
Physarum polycephalum Schwein., 1822
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| kingdom | Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 |
| phylum | Mycetozoa |
| class | Myxomycetes |
| subclass | Myxogastromycetidae |
| order | Physarales |
| family | Physaraceae |
| genus | Physarum Pers. 1794 |
| species | Physarum polycephalum Schwein., 1822 |