Echinostelium apitectum

Description

Genus Echinostelium

Small stipitate sporocarps , up to 0.5 mm tall. Spore-mass colourless, pale Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.llow, ochre or pink. Capillitium , if present, not dichotomous. Almost all spp. are corticolous .

Physical Description

Species Echinostelium apitectum

Sporocarps (100-)150-300(-350) µm tall. Stalk tapered, c. 15 µm diam. at the base , c. 3 µm diam. at the top, the lower 66% filled with refuse matter and pale ochraceous yellow by TL , the upper third hyaline . Sporotheca white, pale cinnamon or pinkish, (30-)40-60 µm diam. Columella globose , smooth or nearly so, (7-)8-12.5 µm diam., usually slightly larger than the spores, with a rather shallow, thickened, 6-10 µm diam. saucer-shaped base. Spores hyaline or faintly cinnamon, (6-)7-9(-12) µm diam., smooth or very indistinctly roughened, without thickened areolae. Acc. to Pando 1997 'A new Species and a synonymy in Echinostelium (Myxomycetes)' Mycotaxon 64:343-348, this sp. is a synonym of E. apitectum. Based on the type description of E. vanderpoelii, it is retained here as a distinct sp. due to its large saucer-shaped base and lack of a 'true' columella. Some specimens cited in the original description of E. vanderpoelii are E. apitectum.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Protozoa () - (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
  - Phylum: Myxomycota ()
    - Class: Myxomycetes ()
      - Order: Echinosteliales ()
        Family: Echinosteliaceae ()
        Genus: Echinostelium ()
        Specific descriptor: apitectum - Nann.-Bremek., D.W. Mitch., T.N. Lakh. and R.K. Chopra 1991
        Scientific name: - Echinostelium apitectum Nann.-Bremek., D.W. Mitch., T.N. Lakh. and R.K. Chopra 1991

Unambiguous Synonyms

Echinostelium vanderpoelii Nann.-Bremek., D.W. Mitch., T.N. Lakh. and R.K. Chopra 1991

Notes

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Echinostelium

There are approximately 14 species in this genus:

E. apitectum · E. arboreum · E. brooksii · E. coelocephalum · E. colliculosum · E. corynophorum · E. cribrarioides · E. de · E. elachiston · E. fragile · E. ladoi · E. lunatum · E. minutum · E. paucifilum

Bibliography

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Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:32
Lado and Pando 1997 Flora Mycologica Iberica Vol. 2 Myxomycetes 1 CSIC and J. Cramer.:33
Mycologist 10(2):51 New British Reords
Nann.-Bremek., D.W. Mitch., T.N. Lakh. and R.K. Chopra 1991 Echinostelium vanderpoelii: a new widespread Myxomycete Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 94(3):411-413
Whitney, K.D. 1980 The Myxomycete genus Echinostelium Mycologia 72(5):950-987
Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:55

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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 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Species Fungorum 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
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 Martin Schnittler
University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3029375
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:112803
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2861341