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 corrugatum
Sporocarps stipitate to subsessile , up to 0.8 mm tall. Hypothallus scanty, black. Stalk slightly constricted above the middle , black below the constriction, white to pale pinkish brown and with included lime above the constriction. Sporotheca globose to broadly ovate , white to pale pinkish brown, brown at the base , 0.3-0.5 mm diam. Peridium single, reticulately wrinkled, the ridges marking the lines of dehiscence into irregular polyhedral fragments above, reflexing below. Columella smooth or rough, white or pale pinkish brown, filled with white lime, 0.1-0.15 mm wide, up to 0.4 mm tall. Capillitium of slender, colourless threads radiating from the columella, branching ± penicillately at the extremities. Spore-mass dark brown. Spores 14-16 µm diam., violet-brown, paler to one side, densely spinulose .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 271 meters (0 to 889 feet).Mean = 178.330 meters (585.072 feet), Standard Deviation = 145.060 based on 12 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
()
- Specific descriptor:
corrugatum
- T.E.Brooks & H.W.Keller, 1977
- Scientific name: - Diderma corrugatum T.E.Brooks & H.W.Keller, 1977
- Specific descriptor:
corrugatum
- T.E.Brooks & H.W.Keller, 1977
- 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
- Brooks, T.E. and H.W. Keller, in T.E. Brooks, H.W. Keller and Chassain 1977 Corticolous Myxomycetes VI: a new species of Diderma Mycologia 69:179-184
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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 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3192792
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-374
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 829028
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:313022
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2054035
