Diderma circumscissile

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 circumscissile

Sporocarps crowded, 0.4-0.6 mm diam., globose or angular due to mutual pressure , white, sessile, embedded in an extensive concolorous hypothallus. Peridium typically double and distant , the outer layer smooth , calcareous, pale to white, the inner layer membranous, grey. Dehiscence circumscissile by the separation of a circular or semicircular lid. Columella clavate , calcareous, white, reaching to c. the centre of the sporotheca. Capillitium threads sinuate , violaceous brown, paler at the tips , dichotomously branched and anastomosed. Spore-mass black. Spores pale-yellow brown, verruculose , (10-)11-16(-17) µm diam.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Protozoa () - (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
  - Phylum: Myxomycota ()
    - Class: Myxomycetes ()
      - Order: Physarales ()
        Family: Didymiaceae ()
        Genus: Diderma ()
        Specific descriptor: circumscissile - S.D.Patil, R.L.Mishra & Ranade, 1979
        Scientific name: - Diderma circumscissile S.D.Patil, R.L.Mishra & Ranade, 1979

Unambiguous Synonyms

Diderma circumscissile S. D. Patil, Mishra & Ranade 1979
Diderma circumscissile S.D. Patil, R.L. Mishra{?} & Ranade 1979

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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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

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Patil, S.D., R.L. Mishra and Ranade, in R.L. Mishra and Ranade 1979 Myxomycetes of Maharashtra II. The Genus Diderma Pers. M.V.M. Patrika 14(1):33-41 (as D. circumscissilis)

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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 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
Eumycetozoa.com
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Orthoptera Species File Online, 2.5, 2006.
Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World 2004.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Universal Chalcidoidea Database 2005.
World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3192790
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-372
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:313020
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2860081