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 corynophorum
Sporocarps 90-150 µm tall. Stalk 50-110 µm long, tapered upward from an expanded base which sometimes contains granular matter, 1.5-3 µm diam. at the apex. Sporotheca 40-60 µm diam., white. Columella hemispheric , borne on a short projection of the stalk, hyaline to yellow brown, 3-5 µm diam., 3.5-6 µm high. Peridium remaining as a 2.5-5 µm diam. collar at the base of the sporotheca Spore-mass white. Spores hyaline, globose , 10-15(-16) µm diam., minutely roughened, bearing pads at points of spore-to-spore contact.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,810 meters (0 to 5,938 feet).Mean = 301.200 meters (988.189 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,015.100 based on 10 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:
Echinosteliales
()
- Family:
Echinosteliaceae
()
- Genus:
Echinostelium
()
- Specific descriptor:
corynophorum
- K.D.Whitney, 1980
- Scientific name: - Echinostelium corynophorum K.D.Whitney, 1980
- Specific descriptor:
corynophorum
- K.D.Whitney, 1980
- Genus:
Echinostelium
(
- Family:
Echinosteliaceae
(
- Order:
Echinosteliales
(
- 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 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
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:35
- Lado and Pando 1997 Flora Mycologica Iberica Vol. 2 Myxomycetes 1 CSIC and J. Cramer.:40
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.1:52
- Whitney, K.D. 1980 The Myxomycete genus Echinostelium Mycologia 72(5):950-987
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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 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collection at the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3029377
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-516
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 486375
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:112805
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2406376
