Description
Genus Calomyxa
Sporocarpous to plasmodiocarpous. Peridium membranous. Capillitium of mainly unbranched slender, minutely sculptured , flexuous threads which are attached to the base and sometimes also to the peridium. Spore-mass at first lilac, fading to beige.
Physical Description
Species Calomyxa synspora
Fruitbodies light brown, sessile, crowded on a membranous, brown, shiny hypothallus. Sporocarps ± globose , pulvinate , 0.7-1.2 mm diam., or subplasmodiocarpous and up to 1.5 mm long. Peridium membranous, strongly iridescent with green, pink, and purple reflections, rugulose , yellow and nearly smooth by TL . Capillitium very scanty, consisting of delicate straight to sinuous or twisted, simple or branched, solid threads 1.5-2.5 µm at their widest diam. (excluding markings), marked with faint, blunt papillae. Spore-mass yellowish olivaceous . Spores yellow, in irregularly shaped clusters of mostly 5-30, subglobose to ovoid , broadly turbinate , or pyriform , 11-13 µm diam., densely and minutely spinulose on the exposed portions, densely and evenly verruculose elsewhere. Plasmodium unknown.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
)
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Trichiales
()
- Family:
Dianemataceae
()
- Genus:
Calomyxa
()
- Specific descriptor:
synspora
- M.L.Farr & Kowalski, 1974
- Scientific name: - Calomyxa synspora M.L.Farr & Kowalski, 1974
- Specific descriptor:
synspora
- M.L.Farr & Kowalski, 1974
- Genus:
Calomyxa
(
- Family:
Dianemataceae
(
- Order:
Trichiales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calomyxa
There are approximately 3 species in this genus:
C. metallica · C. metallica var. metallica · C. synspora
Bibliography
- M.L. Farr and Kowalski 1974 A new species of Calomyxa from the Andes Mycologia 66(5):884-886
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Eumycetozoa.com
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3190122
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-110
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:310088
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2859696
