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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 reticulospora:

Sporocarps gregarious, 1-1.5 µm tall. Sporotheca ovoid, 0.4-0.6 µm diam., 0.5-0.8 mm tall, dark brown. Hypothallus red-brown, discoid. Stalks dark, red-brown in reflected light, opaque by TL, c. 50% of the total height. Peridium remaining as a small red-brown collar. Columella rather irregular, nearly reaching the apex where it ends rather abruptly in 2-3 main branches. Capillitium smooth, dense, with numerous long free-ending branches that are perpendicular to the columella, ± undulate, brown, slender and forming 1-2 large meshes on the radius. Spores 7(-8) µm diam., very pale, with a very delicately spinose-banded-reticulate, forming c. 5 meshes across the diam.

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

• Hooff and Nann.-Bremek. 1996 Additions to the Myxomycetes of the Netherlands Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 99:45-53
• Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:247

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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 2 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:

• BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
• University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2507640
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:437918
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2358362