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 paucifilum
Sporocarps 225-350 µm tall. Stalk 140-225 µm long, the lower part filled with granular debris , tapered to 2-3 µm diam. at the apex. Sporotheca 45-70 µm diam., pink when freshly matured, pink to pinkish brown when dry. Columella fusiform to cylindrical or tapered, 2-4 µm diam., 12-30 µm tall, tan to dark brown, merging above into the capillitium . Capillitium scanty, arising mainly from the columella apex and dividing 1-4 times, rarely anastomosing. Peridium remaining as a 3-6 µm diam. collar at the base of the sporotheca. Spore-mass pink. Spores pink to hyaline , globose , 11.5-15.5 µm diam., minutely roughened, with a distinctly thinner region, containing one to several protoplasts .
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:
paucifilum
- K.D.Whitney, 1980
- Scientific name: - Echinostelium paucifilum K.D.Whitney, 1980
- Specific descriptor:
paucifilum
- 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
- Lado and Pando 1997 Flora Mycologica Iberica Vol. 2 Myxomycetes 1 CSIC and J. Cramer.:46
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.1:54
- 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 provider.
- 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
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-523
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 794744
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:112806
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2618328
