Biodi e si y Da a Jou nal 13: e175486
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e175486
Da a Pape
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase
o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ac oss Cen al and
Eas e n Eu ope emphasising o es ecosys ems
Tomasz Pawłowicz
‡ Bialys ok Uni e si y o Technology, Bialys ok, Poland
Co esponding au ho : Tomasz Pawłowicz ( [email protected])
Academic edi o : Leona do Fe nandez
Recei ed: 20 Oc 2025 | Accep ed: 09 No 2025 | Published: 25 No 2025
Ci a ion: Pawłowicz T (2025) Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa)
ac oss Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope emphasising o es ecosys ems. Biodi e si y Da a Jou nal 13: e175486.
h ps://doi.o g/10.3897/BDJ.13.e175486
Abs ac
Backg ound
A con inen al-scale, geo e e enced checklis o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) o Cen al
and Eas e n Eu ope, supplemen ed wi h s anda dised en i onmen al co a ia es and wi h
a pa icula emphasis on o es ecosys ems, has no p e iously been a ailable. The
absence o a ha monised co pus has cons ained s a is ically suppo ed es s o habi a -
and subs a e- ela ed pa e ns and limi ed objec i e gap-mapping, pa icula ly wi hin
o es ecosys ems, whe e mic oclima ic bu e ing, dead-wood con inui y and s and his o y
a e expec ed o be decisi e; i has also hinde ed igo ous e alua ion o slime moulds’
ole as bioindica o s o o es habi a ypes, subs a e associa ions and g adien s in
an h opogenic p essu e (na u alness).
New in o ma ion
Li e a u e disco e y spanned mul idisciplina y and domain-speci ic pla o ms; inclusion
equi ed a de e minable axon, a locali y a leas o coun y le el and a yea . Reco ds
‡
© Pawłowicz T. This is an open access a icle dis ibu ed unde he e ms o he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion License (CC BY
4.0), which pe mi s un es ic ed use, dis ibu ion, and ep oduc ion in any medium, p o ided he o iginal au ho and sou ce a e
c edi ed.
we e de-duplica ed conse a i ely; names we e ha monised o a single au ho i y
(Eumyce ozoa.com) wi h GBIF Species backbone as a allback and highe axonomy was
illed consis en ly. The esou ce comp ises p esence-only occu ences, a axonomically
s anda dised checklis and a e e ence se ; he cu a ed bibliog aphy comp ises 528
bibliog aphic en ies. Co e age spans Aus ia, Bela us, Czechia, Es onia, Ge many,
Hunga y, La ia, Liech ens ein, Li huania, Moldo a, Poland, Russia (Eu opean pa ),
Slo akia, Slo enia, Swi ze land and Uk aine. E en da es ange om 1857 o
2025-08-01 and suppo anges and mixed p ecision. En i onmen al con en includes
ele a ion, consolida ed o es class, subs a e ca ego y, habi a p essu e, mic ohabi a ,
pH, ai empe a u e, annual p ecipi a ion and s and age; con olled ocabula ies
comp ise eigh consolida ed o es classes, en subs a e ca ego ies and se en habi a -
p essu e classes. The da ase is eleased unde CC-BY-4.0 (C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion 4.0 In e na ional), employs ep oducible DwC mapping and s able iden i ie
e sioning and is sui ed o ecological and biogeog aphic analyses, including o es -
ocused modelling and gap analyses.
Keywo ds
slime moulds, o es ecosys ems, Cen al Eu ope, Eas e n Eu ope, en i onmen al
co a ia es, subs a e, habi a p essu e, geo e e enced occu ences
In oduc ion
Slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) a e amoebozoan p o is s ha p oduce ui ing bodies and
occupy di e se e es ial mic ohabi a s, especially in empe a e o es s (Adl e al. 2012,
Leon ye e al. 2019, S ephenson 2023). They exploi mois u e‑bu e ed mic ohabi a s,
such as coa se woody deb is, b yophy e ma s and lea li e , whe e hey inges bac e ia
and o he mic oo ganisms and con ibu e o nu ien u no e (S ephenson 2011,
Fukasawa e al. 2015, Leon ye and Schni le 2017). Pheno ypic plas ici y — including
ansi ions be ween lagella ed swa m cells and myxamoebae and he o ma ion o
do man mic ocys s — acili a es pe sis ence unde hyd ic a iabili y in o es
en i onmen s (Liu e al. 2013, Ing and S ephenson 2022). The da ase and checklis
adop he GBIF‑aligned amewo k — phylum Eumyce ozoa (Myce ozoa) (da ase ields
aligned o GBIF; na a i e usage: Eumyce ozoa) — wi h classes Dic yos eliomyce es
(Dic yos elia), Myxomyce es (Myxogas ea) and P o os eliomyce es (P o ospo angiida)
and name usage s anda dised acco dingly (Lado 2019, Leon ye e al. 2019).
To da e, a con inen -scale syn hesis o Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope has no been
a ailable, p ecluding obus es s o habi a - and subs a e- ela ed pa e ns and obscu ing
spa ial gaps ha wa an a ge ed sampling. Fo es s a e a p ima y enue o slime-mould
di e si y, whe e mois u e bu e ing, dead-wood con inui y and canopy s uc u e join ly
shape communi y composi ion; hese ai s also unde pin hei ole as bioindica o s o
habi a ype, subs a e associa ions and g adien s in an h opogenic p essu e
(na u alness) (S ephenson 2011, Liu e al. 2015, Fukasawa e al. 2015, Leon ye and
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Schni le 2017, de Basan a and Lado 2025). A da ase ha uni ies axonomy,
geo e e encing p ac ice and en i onmen al desc ip o s ac oss coun ies u nishes he
compa abili y needed o c oss‑ egional analyses and o o ecas ing esponses o
clima e and land‑use change. S anda dised co a ia es — ele a ion, p ecipi a ion, pH,
s and age, subs a e ca ego y, consolida ed o es class and habi a p essu e — enable
ep oducible es s o hypo hesised d i e s, while main aining s ic aceabili y o he
o iginal sou ces. By documen ing geo e e encing policies (± 10 km assignabili y,
WGS84, explici unce ain y–p ecision coupling) and p o iding ull bibliog aphic
p o enance, he esou ce enables ep oducible, egion‑wide analyses and
e idence‑based iden i ica ion o unde ‑sampled habi a s and a eas o a ge ed su eys.
Gene al desc ip ion
Pu pose:To p o ide a egional, o es ‑ ocused e idence base o slime moulds
(Eumyce ozoa) in Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope ha suppo s c oss‑s udy compa abili y,
p esence‑only modelling and s a is ically obus es s o en i onmen al d i e s (ele a ion,
p ecipi a ion, pH, s and age) ac oss consolida ed o es ‑habi a , subs a e and
managemen ‑p essu e classes. Occu ences a e Da win Co e–mapped and pai ed wi h
s anda dised, o es ‑ ele an co a ia es; axonomy is ha monised o a GBIF‑aligned
usage, while p ese ing e ba im iden i ica ions o main ain his o ical signal and
anspa en econcilia ion. Co e age spans he h ee classes Dic yos eliomyce es
(Dic yos elia), Myxomyce es (Myxogas ea) and P o os eliomyce es (P o ospo angiida).
Sampling me hods
Desc ip ion:Tempo al co e age uses e en Da e wi h mixed p ecision (single da es and
bounded in e als), spanning 1857–2025; whe e only a publica ion yea exis ed, i
se ed as a p oxy. Spa ial co e age is a 16‑coun y Cen al‑ and Eas e n‑Eu opean
domain es ic ed o he Eu opean pa o Russia (≤ 60° E); coo dina es, when p esen ,
a e in WGS84. Taxonomic scope is Eumyce ozoa (Myce ozoa), co e ing
Dic yos eliomyce es, Myxomyce es and P o os eliomyce es. Da a mobilisa ion occu ed in
2022–2025 wi h subsequen GBIF/Da win Co e ha monisa ion.
Sampling desc ip ion:Sou ces we e iden i ied ia mul idisciplina y and disciplina y
bibliog aphic pla o ms and publishe po als; non‑Roman sc ip s we e ansli e a ed
using ISO 9:1995 (E) o Cy illic, p e e ing es ablished English exonyms whe e
a ailable. Cul u e‑independen de ec ions (eDNA/me aba coding) we e included; all
such occu ences co espond o he locali y o he o iginal sampled ma e ial. Fo each
eligible sou ce, e ba im ex was cap u ed o axonomy, locali y (≥coun y), yea ,
coo dina es/ele a ion (i gi en) and habi a desc ip o s. Inclusion equi ed a de e minable
axon, a coun y‑le el (o ine ) locali y and a yea (sampling o publica ion as p oxy).
P o enance was encoded ia basisO Reco d (HumanObse a ion o Ma e ialCi a ion).
Po en ial duplica es we e sc eened a publica ion/locali y g anula i y, e aining dis inc
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ... 3
si es o da es as sepa a e occu ences. Tex was no malised (UTF‑8) p io o Da win
Co e mapping.
Quali y con ol:Taxonomy ollowed a wo‑ ack app oach: e ba imIden i ica ion
p ese es p in ed usage; scien i icName/scien i icNameAu ho ship p o ide he accep ed
o m (nameAcco dingTo ixed), wi h highe anks illed consis en ly and axonRank
es ic ed o genus/species. Geospa ial alida ion en o ced alid la i ude/longi ude
anges and signs, WGS84 da um, posi i e non‑ze o coo dina eUnce ain yInMe es and
disc e e coo dina eP ecision alues; geo e e enceVe i ica ionS a us, geo e e encedBy,
wi h decisions no ed in geo e e enceRema ks. Tempo al no malisa ion used ISO‑like
e en Da e o ma s (yea , yea ‑mon h, ull da es, in e als) c oss‑checked agains yea /
mon h/day (ISO 8601), lea ing unknown componen s blank. CSV hygiene ensu ed ixed
column coun s, co ec quo ing/escaping, LF endings and UTF‑8 encoding; nume ic ields
use do s and plain decimals. Locali y handling p ese ed e ba imLocali y and
ha monised names o English exonyms o consis en ansli e a ion; s a eP o ince was
e ained as supplied. Coun y names and coun yCode we e alida ed as pai ed ields.
Ele a ion, when p esen , was duplica ed o minimumEle a ionInMe es and
maximumEle a ionInMe es.
S ep desc ip ion:A schema ic o e iew o he occu ence‑da a cu a ion wo k low om
sou ce in ake o e sioned elease is shown in Fig. 6. A de ailed, s ep‑by‑s ep ope a ional
desc ip ion ollows below (s eps 1–23) and co esponds di ec ly o he elemen s depic ed
in he schema ic.
Figu e 1.
Spa ial dis ibu ion o Eumyce ozoa eco ds agg ega ed o 25‑km hexagons; colou classes
show coun s pe hexagon (0, 1–5, 6–20, 21–50, 51–100, 100–200, ≥200). Co e age spans
16 coun ies in Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope, wi h eco ds limi ed o he Eu opean pa o he
Russian Fede a ion (≤ 60° E).
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Figu e 2.
Family composi ion o Eumyce ozoa eco ds is shown as pe cen ages; wi h coun s
summa ised in he unde lying da ase .
Figu e 3.
T ai co e age ac oss consolida ed o es classes, subs a e ca ego ies and habi a ‑p essu e
classes; ba leng hs indica e he p opo ion o eco ds mapped o each con olled label.
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ... 5
Figu e 4.
En i onmen al co e age o pH, ai empe a u e (°C) and annual p ecipi a ion (mm y ⁻¹)
shown as his og ams (bins as in da ase wo k low); medians a e indica ed o aid in e p e a ion.
Figu e 5.
(A) Cumula i e Eumyce ozoa eco ds by yea (1857–2025), e lec ing he his o ical g ow h o
he li e a u e-de i ed da abase; (B) Annual addi ions agg ega ed in o i e-yea bins (da k-blue
ba s; alues exp essed as eco ds pe yea ), wi h a connec ing line joining bin mid-poin s.
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Figu e 6.
Schema ic o e iew o he occu ence da a cu a ion wo k low om sou ce in ake o e sioned
elease.
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ... 7
• S ep 1. Es ablish he p ojec namespace and empla es; egis e con olled
ocabula ies (8 consolida ed o es classes, 10 subs a e ca ego ies, 7
habi a ‑p essu e classes) and uni / ounding ules o dynamicP ope ies keys.
• S ep 2. Disco e and sc een sou ces agains inclusion c i e ia;
egis e
p o isional me ada a and eligibili y lags.
• S ep 3. Acqui e ull ex s; s anda dise encoding o UTF‑8; c ea e Ha a d‑s yle
associa edRe e ences and no malise punc ua ion and spacing ( ull bibliog aphy
is lis ed comp ehensi ely in Suppl. ma e ial 1).
• S ep 4. Reco d e idence ype and de‑duplica e a publica ion/locali y g anula i y:
se basisO Reco d ( HumanObse a ion o Ma e ialCi a ion); sc een duplica es
wi h he key {au ho s + yea + i le + coun y + e ba imLocali y + DOI}.
• S ep 5. Ex ac e ba im axon s ings in o e ba imIden i ica ion; a ibu e
iden i iedBy pe sou ce (o au ho s when unspeci ied); se he au ho i y in
nameAcco dingTo.
• S ep 6. Reconcile names o accep ed usage: popula e scien i icName and
scien i icNameAu ho ship; ill highe anks wi h axonRank es ic ed o “genus”/“
species”.
• S ep 7. Pa se and no malise da es: w i e e en Da e (single da e o s a /end
in e al) and pa sed componen s yea , mon h, day (ISO 8601); whe e sampling
da e is absen , use publica ion yea (yea ‑only).
• S ep 8. Ha monise coun ies and codes: popula e coun y (chosen lexicon) and
coun yCode (ISO‑3166‑1 alpha‑2); e ain p o ide s a eP o ince wi hou
addi ional no malisa ion.
• S ep 9. Build locali y pai : keep exac e ba imLocali y; gene a e ha monised
locali y (English exonym whe e es ablished, o he wise consis en ansli e a ion).
• S ep 10. T ansc ibe supplied coo dina es in o decimalLa i ude and
decimalLongi ude; cap u e e ba imCoo dina es, e ba imCoo dina eSys em and
e ba imSRS when p o ided; se geode icDa um = WGS84.
• S ep 11. Geocode absen /ambiguous si es ia au ho i a i e gaze ee s and apply
he ± 10 km localisa ion ule; eco d geo e e encedBy,
geo e e enceVe i ica ionS a us (“ e i ied”/“ equi es e i ica ion”).
• S ep 12. Couple unce ain y o p ecision: assign non‑ze o
coo dina eUnce ain yInMe es and apply he six‑ alue mapping o
coo dina eP ecision {0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, 0.00001, 0.000001}; ound
decimalLa i ude/decimalLongi ude acco dingly.
• S ep 13. Handle ele a ion: pa se e ba imEle a ion and duplica e single alues
in o minimumEle a ionInMe es and maximumEle a ionInMe es; keep in ege s in
me es.
• S ep 14. Map habi a : de i e one consolida edFo es Ca ego y (8 ixed labels)
(Table 3) om sou ce wo ding; s o e de ailed e ba im s and ex in
o es TypeDe ailed.
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Coun y Code Coun y Code
Aus ia AT Liech ens ein LI
Bela us BY Li huania LT
Czechia CZ Moldo a MD
Es onia EE Poland PL
Ge many DE Russia (Eu opean pa ) RU
Hunga y HU Slo akia SK
La ia LV Slo enia SI
Swi ze land CH Uk aine UA
Field / key S o age Uni s / o ma No malisa ion &
ounding
Analy ical ole
minimumEle a ionInMe es DwC opog aphy m (in ege ) Single alues
duplica ed o min/
max when only one
ele a ion epo ed
Ele a ional con ex o
habi a compa isons
maximumEle a ionInMe es DwC opog aphy m (in ege ) As abo e Ele a ional ange pe
eco d
ai Tempe a u e_C dynamicP ope ies °C (nume ic) Rounded o 1
decimal a inges ion
Mic oclima ic co a ia e
in o es se ings
annualP ecipi a ion_mmY dynamicP ope ies mm y ⁻¹
(in ege )
In ege o als Mac o‑clima ic
co a ia e; s a i ies
mois s. d y o es s
pH dynamicP ope ies dimensionless Decimal commas
om sou ces
no malised o
nume ic do s;
ounded o wo
decimals
Subs a e chemis y;
pa icula ly ele an o
coni e ‑de i ed de i us
s andAge_y dynamicP ope ies yea s (in ege ) In ege ; no ac ions Indica o o o es
s uc u al ma u i y
mic ohabi a dynamicP ope ies e ba im ee
ex
Sou ce ph asing
e ained (subs a e,
hos axon, decay
s a e, heigh )
Fine‑scale con ex o
subs a e‑dependen
axa
Table 1.
Coun ies ep esen ed and ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 codes.
Table 2.
En i onmen al and o es cen ic a ibu es (s o age, uni s and usage). Rounding policy a inges ion:
empe a u e 0.1°C; pH 0.01; p ecipi a ion and s and age as in ege s.
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ... 9
s ing p ese ed sepa a ely o anspa ency. En i onmen al and o es con ex a iables
a e s anda dised o c oss‑s udy compa abili y and downs eam modelling, wi h ounding
ules en o ced a inges ion ( empe a u e o one decimal, pH o wo decimals and
p ecipi a ion/s and age as in ege s). T ai ep esen a ion indica es b oad co e age ac oss
consolida ed o es classes (Table 3), subs a es (Table 4) and managemen ‑p essu e
ca ego ies (Fig. 3, Table 5). Obse ed anges (da ase ): minimumEle a ionInMe es −28–
2750 m; maximumEle a ionInMe es 0–3000 m; ai Tempe a u e_C −3.3–21°C;
annualP ecipi a ion_mmY 132–2000 mm y ⁻¹; pH 3.35–10.00; s andAge_y disc e e
alues 35–210 y . pH alues de i e p edominan ly om mois ‑chambe incuba ions;
sou ce decimal commas we e ha monised o nume ic do s wi h wo‑decimal ounding o
analysis.
Con inuous co a ia es span wide en i onmen al space (Fig. 4): pH 3.35–10.00 (median
≈ 5.8; n = 173), ai empe a u e −3.3–21°C (median ≈ 6.6°C; n = 1361) and annual
p ecipi a ion 132–2000 mm y ⁻¹ (median ≈ 588 mm y ⁻¹; n = 1813).
Tempo al co e age
Da a ange:1857-1-01 - 2025-8-01.
No es:Tempo al co e age is ep esen ed by e en Da e, yea , mon h and day, spanning
his o ical o p esen eco ds wi h mixed p ecision, including ISO‑like single da es and
bounded in e als. In he supplied ma e ial, e en Da e anges om 1857 o 2025-08-01;
whe e only a publica ion yea was a ailable, ha yea se ed as a p oxy wi h mon h/day
le blank. The da a mobilisa ion window was Feb ua y 2022–Augus 2025; cleaning and
ha monisa ion o GBIF/Da win Co e occu ed om June o Oc obe 2025. Reco d
accumula ion accele a es ma kedly in ecen decades (Fig. 5).
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(Eumyce ozoa) Ac oss Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope Emphasising Fo es Ecosys ems
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Da a o ma :Comma‑sepa a ed alues (CSV) implemen ing he Da win Co e
Occu ence co e; en i onmen al co a ia es se ialised as mini ied JSON in
dynamicP ope ies.
Desc ip ion: This da ase assembles geo e e enced, p esence‑only occu ence
eco ds and a axonomically s anda dised egional checklis o slime moulds
(Eumyce ozoa) om 16 coun ies ac oss Cen al and Eas e n Eu ope Pawłowicz
2025. Co e age emphasises o es ecosys ems and complemen s each eco d wi h
ha monised desc ip o s o subs a e, s and ype and managemen p essu e.
En i onmen al a ibu es (including ele a ion, p ecipi a ion, pH, s and age and
consolida ed o es class) enable compa a i e ecological and biogeog aphic
analyses, o es ‑ ocused modelling and gap mapping. Full sou ce ci a ions a e
p o ided o all eco ds.
Column label Column desc ip ion
occu enceID Pe sis en unique iden i ie wi h a 36-cha ac e base UUID/GUID (UUID 5)
gene a ed de e minis ically om no malised bibliog aphic and locali y okens and
s able unde geo e e ence upda es.
basisO Reco d Nominal e idence ype wi h wo case‑sensi i e alues —HumanObse a ion
(li e a u e‑de i ed ield eco ds wi hou a ci ed ouche ) and Ma e ialCi a ion
( eco ds ci ing examined ma e ial/ ouche s).
occu enceS a us P esence s a e, uni o mly “PRESENT”, con i ming ha all ows ep esen
con i med p esences.
licence Sho ‑ o m euse licence code applied o e e y eco d: CC‑BY‑4.0.
associa edRe e ences Ha a d‑s yle e e ence s ing o he sou ce (au ho s, yea , i le, ou le ,
pagina ion/iden i ie ), op ionally including DOI/URL.
e en Da e Sampling/obse a ion da e encoded as ISO‑like single da es.
yea Fou ‑digi calenda yea pa sed om e en Da e.
mon h In ege mon h (1–12) pa sed om e en Da e.
Geo e e enced checklis and occu ence da ase o slime moulds (Eumyce ozoa) ... 17
day In ege day o mon h (1–31) pa sed om e en Da e.
coun y Full English so e eign‑s a e name om he da ase ’s 16‑coun y Cen al and
Eas e n Eu ope domain (Russian Fede a ion eco ds a e Eu opean pa only).
coun yCode ISO‑3166‑1 alpha‑2 uppe case coun y code co esponding o coun y.
s a eP o ince P o ide ‑supplied subna ional adminis a i e uni (he e ogeneous le els and
endonyms e ained; no ha monised).
locali y Ha monised La in‑sc ip si e desc ip ion using es ablished English exonyms whe e
a ailable o consis en ansli e a ion, cons uc ed om e ba imLocali y.
e ba imLocali y Exac locali y s ing as p in ed in he sou ce, p ese ing na i e language/sc ip ,
diac i ics and punc ua ion.
decimalLa i ude Geog aphic la i ude in signed decimal deg ees (do sepa a o ), supplied only when
localisable o ± 10 km and ounded o ma ch coo dina eP ecision.
decimalLongi ude Geog aphic longi ude in signed decimal deg ees (do sepa a o ), supplied only
when localisable o ± 10 km and ounded o ma ch coo dina eP ecision.
geode icDa um Geode ic e e ence da um o coo dina es, uni o mly “WGS84” in he deli e ed
da ase .
coo dina eUnce ain yInMe es Non‑ze o in ege es ima e o posi ional unce ain y (me es) accompanying any
coo dina es, documen ing geo e e encing p ecision.
coo dina eP ecision Plain‑decimal deg ee p ecision o he coo dina es, aking one o six alues (0.1,
0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, 0.00001, 0.000001) ha e lec he epo ed esolu ion.
geo e e encedBy Pe sonal name(s) o he indi idual(s) esponsible o geo e e encing o , whe e
coo dina es we e copied e ba im, he publica ion au ho s.
geo e e enceVe i ica ionS a us Bina y geo e e encing quali y lag wi h alues “ e i ied” o “ equi es e i ica ion”.
minimumEle a ionInMe es Minimum ele a ion in me es; single ele a ion s a emen s a e duplica ed o his
and maximumEle a ionInMe es, wi h he o iginal s ing kep in e ba imEle a ion.
maximumEle a ionInMe es Maximum ele a ion in me es pai ed wi h minimumEle a ionInMe es, de i ed
om he same sou ce s a emen whe e only one alue is gi en.
scien i icName Accep ed axon name used o indexing, gene ally including au ho ship and yea
as cu a ed agains Eumyce ozoa.com (GBIF backbone as allback).
scien i icNameAu ho ship Full nomencla u al au ho ship s ing associa ed wi h scien i icName.
e ba imIden i ica ion O iginal axonomic iden i ica ion as p in ed in he sou ce, e aining spelling,
au ho ship o ma , quali ie s and in aspeci ic anks.
nameAcco dingTo Au ho i y o which he name usage is aligned, s anda dised o
“Eumyce ozoa.com” h oughou he da ase .
iden i iedBy Name(s) o he iden i ie (s) o he axon; whe e no s a ed in he sou ce, he
publica ion’s au ho (s) a e eco ded.
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kingdom Highe ‑ ank ield uni o mly se o “P o ozoa”.
phylum Highe ‑ ank ield uni o mly se o “Myce ozoa”.
class Taxonomic class wi h h ee pe missible alues: “Dic yos eliomyce es”,
“Myxomyce es” o “P o os eliomyce es”.
o de Taxonomic o de assigned as one o ele en le els ecognised in he da ase .
amily Taxonomic amily assigned as one o 24 amilies.
genus Gene ic epi he only (single oken, wi h no au ho ship o ank quali ie s).
speci icEpi he Species‑le el epi he in lowe case, eco ded wi hou he gene ic name o
au ho ship.
axonRank Rank a which he iden i ica ion is asse ed, es ic ed o “genus” o “species” in
his da ase .
dynamicP ope ies Mini ied JSON con aine o en i onmen al and o es co a ia es
(ai Tempe a u e_C, annualP ecipi a ion_mmY , pH, s andAge_y , mic ohabi a ,
o es TypeDe ailed, consolida edFo es Ca ego y, subs a eCa ego y,
habi a P essu e).
Addi ional in o ma ion
Con lic s o in e es : none decla ed.
Acknowledgemen s
The esea ch was suppo ed by he Białys ok Uni e si y o Technology (WZ/WB-INL/
2/2025).
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