Family: Didymiaceae
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Protozoa:> Myxomycota:> Myxomycetes:> Physarale:> Didymiaceae:> Diderma, Didymium.
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The Didymiaceae family, like all members of the Physarales order are distinguished by the presence of crystalline lime. Which is restricted to the peridium in the form of crystals or disks. Spores are typically dark brown to dark purple-brown.

 
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Genus: Diderma
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Sporangia stalked, sessile, or forming plasmodiocarps; sporangial wall normaly of two layers, containing deposits of lime in granules. Columella usually present, threads of the capillitium simple or branched, without lime. 
Diderma cinereum
Diderma cinereum
Diderma crustaceum
Diderma crustaceum
Diderma effusum
Diderma effusum
Diderma radiatum
Diderma radiatum		 
Diderma hemisphaericum
Diderma hemisphaericum
Diderma ochraceum
Diderma ochraceum
   
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Genus: Didymium
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Sporangia stalked, sessile, or forming plasmodiocarps; sporangia wall membranous or cartilaginous, with superficial crystals of lime either scattered over the surface or combined into a separable crust. Capillitium of branching threads, which are thickened at intervals with dark calyciform nodes, in normal developments without lime.5 
Didymium bahienseDidymium bahiense
 Didymium dubiumDidymium difforme
 Didymium listeri Didymium listeri
Didymium iridis		  
Didymium melanospermumDidymium melanospermum
 Didymium squamulosumDidymium squamulosum
 Didymium squamulosumDidymium vaccinum   
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