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Taxonomy

Physical Description

Genus Diderma:

Sporocarpous, plasmodiocarpous or occasionally pseudo-aethaloid. Peridium with granular lime, typically double, but can be single or triple. In the latter case, crystalline lime may be present in the middle layer. Columella usually conspicuous but sometimes reduced to a thickened base. Capillitium lime-free, consisting of branched and anastomosed threads.

Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Diderma:

There are approximately 183 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: D. acanthosporum · D. acuminatum · D. albescens · D. alexopouli · D. alpinospumarioides · D. alpinum · D. alpinum f. europaeum · D. alpinum f. microcarpum · D. alpinum-niveum · D. antarcticola · D. antarcticum · D. arboreum · D. areolatum · D. asteroides · D. asteroides var. lutea · D. atrovirens · D. aurantiacum · D. badhamioid · D. badhamioides · D. badhamiopsis · D. botryosum · D. brooksii · D. brunneobasale · D. brunneobasalis · D. carmichaelianum · D. carneum · D. carneum var. carneum · D. chalybeum · D. chondrioderma · D. cinereum · D. cingulatum · D. cingulatum var. rimosum · D. cingulatum var. rimosum f. pallidosporum · D. circumdissilens · D. circumscissile · D. compactum · D. complanatum · D. concavum · D. concinnum · D. confluens · D. contortum · D. cor-rubrum · D. corrugatum · D. crassipes · D. cribrosum · D. cristatosporum · D. crustaceum · D. cubense · D. cyanescens · D. darjeelingense · D. deplanatum · D. diadematum · D. donkii · D. donkii var. donkii · D. donkii var. echinosporum · D. effusum · D. effusum var. effusum · D. effusum var. microsporum · D. effusum var. pachytrichon · D. endoleuca · D. evelinae · D. fallax · D. farinaceum · D. flavidum · D. floriforme · D. floriforme var. floriforme · D. fragile · D. geasterodes · D. geasteroides · D. gigantocolumellae · D. globosum · D. globosum var. europaeum · D. globosum var. globosum · D. globosum var. roseum · D. gracile · D. gracilis · D. granulatum · D. haemisphaericum · D. hemisphaericum · D. hookeri · D. imperiale · D. imperialis · D. indicum · D. laciniatum · D. lenticulare · D. lepidotum · D. libertianum · D. liceoides · D. lohgadense · D. lucidum · D. lyalii · D. lyallii · D. macrosporum · D. maculatum · D. mariae-wilsoniae · D. marie · D. marieae · D. meyerae · D. microcarpu · D. microcarpum

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Notes

Contributors:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:

• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17471797
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2217257