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.
Physical Description
Species Diderma cinereum
Sporocarps sessile, gregarious , subglobose, somewhat depressed , 0.3-0.5 mm diam., pearl-grey. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Peridium apparently single, thin, smooth , crustose , dehiscing irregularly. Capillitium of slender, dark threads, sparsely branched, easily detached from the columella. Spore-mass black. Spores dark violet-grey, 9-11 µm diam., verruculose . Plasmodium unknown.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,018 meters (0 to 9,902 feet).Mean = 552.690 meters (1,813.287 feet), Standard Deviation = 733.430 based on 29 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Physarales
()
- Family:
Didymiaceae
()
- Genus:
Diderma
()
- Persoon, 1794
- Specific descriptor:
cinereum
- Morgan, 1894
- Scientific name: - Diderma cinereum Morgan, 1894
- Specific descriptor:
cinereum
- Morgan, 1894
- Genus:
Diderma
(
- Family:
Didymiaceae
(
- Order:
Physarales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Diderma
There are approximately 157 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
D. acanthosporum · D. acuminatum · D. albescens · D. alexopouli · D. alpinospumarioides · D. alpinum · D. alpinum f. microcarpum · D. antarcticola · D. antarcticum · D. areolatum · D. asteroides · D. atrovirens · D. aurantiacum · D. badhamioides · D. badhamiopsis · D. botryosum · D. brooksii · D. brunneobasale · D. brunneobasalis · D. carmichaelianum · D. carneum · 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. 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. flavidum · D. floriforme · D. fragile · D. geasterodes · D. gigantocolumellae · D. globosum · D. globosum var. europaeum · D. globosum var. globosum · D. globosum var. roseum · D. gracile · D. gracilis · D. granulatum · 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. marieae · D. meyerae · D. microcarpum · D. microsporum · D. miniatum · D. minutum · D. montanum · D. montanum var. album · D. montanum var. montanum · D. muscicola · D. mussooriense · D. neesii · D. nigripes · D. nigrum · D. niveum · D. niveum var. ferrugineum · D. oblongum · D. ochraceum
Bibliography
- Buyck 1988 The Diderma spumarioides-globosum complex (Myxomycetes) Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 58:169-218
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:300
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:353
- Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:246
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.2:44
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:268
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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
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Fungal Collection at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collection at the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Hermann Neubert
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3112501
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-369
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14386263
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:211594
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2005499
