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Taxonomy

Notes:

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

Physical 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.

Species Macbrideola oblonga:

Sporocarps scattered 0.4-0.9 mm tall. Hypothallus wide, reddish. Stalk tapered, 16-25% of the total height, reddish, translucent at the base, opaque above, indistinctly longitudinally striate, sometimes filled with rather inconspicuous, almost translucent, irregular lumps. Sporothecae mostly ellipsoidal, rarely sub-globose or cylindrical, burnt umber, 0.2-0.45 mm diam. Peridium remaining as a transparent, red-brown collar. Columella reaching almost to the apex of the sporotheca. Capillitium arising from along the length of the columella, dichotomously branched, ending free or united near the surface, small sporocarps with few or no anastomoses, rather thick, brown, hardly attenuated outwards, free ends blunt, slightly swollen or club-shaped. Spore-mass brown. Spores globose, pale brown, 10.5-11.5(-12.5) µm diam., densely, regularly verrucose. Specimens from Colorado and Texas have stalks up to 50% of the total height but otherwise are here allocated to this sp.

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Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Macbrideola:

There are approximately 21 species and subspecies 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. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera

Bibliography

• Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:247
• Pando and Lado 1988 Two new species of corticolous Myxomycetes from Spain Mycotaxon 31(2):299-303

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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 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:

• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:133503
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2842201