Description
Genus Calonema
Sporocarps either stalked or sessile and then often crowded or heaped. Capillitium of branching tubules which form a network and which may be attached to the base and peridium. Capillitium vaguely decorated with reticulations , irregular rings and/or spirals .
Physical Description
Species Calonema geesinkii
Sporocarps mostly heaped in small clusters , but some free and scattered , sessile, ± irregularly shaped, pulvinate , rounded , somewhat kidney-shaped, ovoid to subglobose, often ± angular from mutual pressure , glossy golden yellow, 0.2-1.2 mm diam. Hypothallus absent. Peridium membranous, smooth , or in parts with dimples corresponding to spore impressions . Dehiscence irregular. Capillitium scanty, strongly birefringent, consisting of some free, rather short tubules , and some tubules attached to one, or opposite sides of the peridium, sometimes branching, sometimes anastomosed and forming a network , the tubules yellow, in part smooth and in part with faint spirals , with occasional thickenings in the form of rings , 3.5-4 µm diam. without the thickenings, the apices rounded, sometimes with 1-2 slender threadlike protuberances . Spore-mass yellow. Spores yellow, 13-15 µm diam. without the border , 16-18 µm diam. including the border, completely banded-reticulate, with irregular meshes, the small meshes sometimes in rows surrounding the larger meshes.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Trichiales
()
- Family:
Trichiaceae
()
- Genus:
Calonema
()
- Specific descriptor:
geesinkii
- Nann.-Bremek. 1985
- Scientific name: - Calonema geesinkii Nann.-Bremek. 1985
- Specific descriptor:
geesinkii
- Nann.-Bremek. 1985
- Genus:
Calonema
(
- Family:
Trichiaceae
(
- Order:
Trichiales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calonema
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
C. aureum · C. cornuvioides · C. cristatum · C. dissipatum · C. dissipatum var. dissipatum · C. foliicola · C. geesinkii · C. huegelii · C. strictum
Bibliography
- Nann.-Bremek. 1985 Notes on Myxomycetes XXII: Three new species, two new families and four new combinations Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 88(1):121-128
- Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:120
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 02, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider, National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1448106
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:107408
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2859711
