Didymium balearicum

Description

Genus Didymium

Sporocarpous or plasmodiocarpous. Peridium a thin membrane with a covering of crystalline lime. The peridial lime may be scattered loosely over the surface or united into a crust. Columella or pseudo-columella usually present. Capillitium lime-free, consisting of branched and anastomosed threads, often with nodular thickenings.

Physical Description

Species Didymium balearicum

Sporangiate, stalked, 0.8-1.0 mm total height . Sporotheca subglobose with a wide but shallow umbilicus, lemon yellow, 0.8 mm diam. Hypothallus calcareous, furrowed , pale lemon fading to white. Stalk lemon to pale ochraceous, up to 0.6 mm high, thick, furrowed, netted at the base , tapered upwards, thickly encrusted with calcareous material , the lumen filled with crystalline material. Peridium brown, transparent, covered with a thick powder of yellow, stellate crystals, with numerous rays , 16-18 µm diam. Columella subglobose, calcareous, lemon yellow. Capillitium of hyaline , flexuous threads with few branches or cross-connections. Spore-mass blackish brown. Spores dark yellow-brown, globose , evenly warted, 10-11 µm diam. Plasmodium not seen. Known only from the large original collection . In a thick pile of leaf litter inside the hollow trunk of an ancient olive tree , Balearic Islands. Very close to D. squamulosum.

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: Didymium ()
        Specific descriptor: balearicum - Ing 2000
        Scientific name: - Didymium balearicum Ing 2000

Notes

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Didymium

There are approximately 215 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. affine · D. anellus · D. angularisporum · D. angulatum · D. annulatum · D. annulisporum · D. applanatum · D. aquatile · D. atrichum · D. aurantipes · D. australe · D. baculosporum · D. bahiense · D. bahiense var. bahiense · D. bahiense var. microsporum · D. balearicum · D. barteri · D. bonianum · D. bulbillosum · D. bulbotubulatum · D. canariense · D. candidum · D. capitatum · D. chrysopeplum · D. chrysospermum · D. circumcissile · D. circumscissile · D. clavodecus · D. clavus · D. columbinum · D. columella-cavum · D. comatum · D. commutabile · D. congestum · D. contextum var. conglomeratum · D. contextum var. contextum · D. costatum · D. crassicolle · D. croceoflavum · D. crustaceum · D. crustaceum var. obducens · D. curtisii · D. cyanescens · D. daedaleum · D. daedalum · D. decipiens · D. delhianum · D. dictyopodium · D. difforme · D. difforme var. difforme · D. difforme var. repandum · D. disciforme · D. discoideum · D. dubium · D. echinospora · D. echinosporum · D. elegantissimum · D. eremophilum · D. erythrinum · D. excelsum · D. eximium · D. eximuum · D. expandens · D. fairmani · D. fairmanii · D. farinaceum var. confluens · D. farinaceum var. elongatum · D. farinaceum var. subsessile · D. filamentosum · D. flavidum · D. flexuosum · D. floccoides · D. floccosum · D. fuckelianum · D. fulvellum · D. fulvipes · D. fulvum · D. furfuraceum · D. geaster · D. glaucum · D. globosum var. globosum · D. globosum var. stipitatum · D. granuliferum · D. gyrocephalum · D. haretianum · D. herbarum · D. humile · D. hypnophilum · D. ilicinum · D. inconspicuum · D. intermedium · D. iridis · D. karstensii · D. kowalski · D. labyrinthiforme · D. laccatipes · D. laxifila · D. laxifilum · D. lenticulare · D. leoninum

Bibliography

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Ing 2000 Two New Species of Didymium (Myxomycetes) from Spanish Territories Stapfia 73:93-96

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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 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 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 01, 2008:

University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3363082
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:474832
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2861303