Didymium canariense

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 canariense

Sporangiate, stalked, total height 1-1.2 mm. Sporotheca globose or slightly flattened, with a deep, narrow umbilicus, white, 0.7-0.9 mm diam. Hypothallus brown, discoid , inconspicuous. Stalk cylindrical or slightly tapered upwards, slightly flattened, up to 0.8 mm high, bright reddish brown above, darker brown below in reflected light, light orange by TL , darker below, without enclosed calcareous material . Peridium translucent , pale rufous , especially on the inner surface, shining, powdered with colourless, stellate crystals, each with 3-5 slender rays , 5-8 µm diam. Dehiscence into irregular lobes which remain attached to the apex of the stalk. Columella thin, discoid, almost as wide as the sporotheca, bright canary yellow when fresh, fading to pale ochraceous, with broken bases of the capillitium remaining. Capillitium of narrow, flexuous threads, hyaline but darker at the base and with irregularly spaced pigmented sectors, occasionally branched dichotomously, with few cross-connections. Spore-mass black. Spores dull brown, globose, 8-9 µm diam., evenly warted. Plasmodium pale brown. On sclerophylous leaf litter , from 6 sites in the Canary Is.

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: canariense - Ing, 2000
        Scientific name: - Didymium canariense 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.
Eumycetozoa.com
Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3363083
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-437
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:474833
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2861304