Description
Genus Macbrideola
Sporocarps small, stipitate , globose to ovate . Stalk translucent , hollow (trapped air is often seen in liquid mounts ). Columella usually present. Peridium fugaceous or persistent . Capillitium present or absent.
Physical Description
Species Macbrideola argentea
Scattered or solitary, 0.5-1.0 mm tall. Stalk slender, c. 75%-80% of the total height , attenuate upwards, black in reflected light, red-brown below and opaque above by TL , indistinctly longitudinally striate below, hollow. Sporotheca globose , shining silvery and c. 0.1 mm diam. Peridium persistent , when dehisced leaving a collar round the stalk at the base of the sporotheca, membraneous, colourless, smooth . Columella reaching 20%-50% of the sporotheca, where it splits into two or three branches and merges with the capillitium . Capillitium arising from the apex of the columella, rather lax , slender, brown, dichotomously branched 3-5 times, with few or no anastomoses , and many, mostly c. 10 µm long, slender attenuate ultimate branchlets . Spore-mass dark brown. Spores pale grey, 7-8.5 µm diam., densely pale-verruculose and with small groups of larger, darker warts .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Stemonitales
()
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
()
- Genus:
Macbrideola
()
- Specific descriptor:
argentea
- Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam., 1983
- Scientific name: - Macbrideola argentea Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam., 1983
- Specific descriptor:
argentea
- Nann.-Bremek. & Y.Yamam., 1983
- Genus:
Macbrideola
(
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
(
- Order:
Stemonitales
(
- 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 Macbrideola
There are approximately 20 species in this genus:
M. argentea · M. confusa · M. coprophila · M. cornea · M. cornea var. cornea · M. decapillata · M. declinata · M. dubia · M. herrerae · M. lamprodermoides · M. macrospora · M. martinii · M. oblonga · M. ovoidea · M. reticulospora · M. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera
Bibliography
- Nann.-Bremek. and Yamamoto, Y. 1983 Additions to the Myxomycetes of Japan. I Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 86(2):207-241
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:246
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:570
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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 February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- 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: 3025089
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-710
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2369109
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:108183
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2377918
