Macbrideola scintillans var. verrucosa
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Order: Stemonitales
- Family: Stemonitidaceae
- Genus: Macbrideola
- Specific descriptor: scintillans (Nann.-Bremek. and Y. Yamam.) Y. Yamam. 1998
- Variety: verrucosa
- Scientific name: Macbrideola scintillans var. verrucosa (Nann.-Bremek. and Y. Yamam.) Y. Yamam. 1998
- Variety: verrucosa
- Specific descriptor: scintillans (Nann.-Bremek. and Y. Yamam.) Y. Yamam. 1998
- Genus: Macbrideola
- Family: Stemonitidaceae
- Order: Stemonitales
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
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 scintillans var. verrucosa:
Sporocarps scattered, c. 0.3 mm tall. Hypothallus obsolete. Stalk c. 66% of the total height, by TL rather dark red-brown, somewhat paler at the base, longitudinally striate, tapering upwards. Sporotheca globose, shining silvery, c. 0.1 mm diam. Peridium persistent, shining silvery in reflected light, violaceous brown by TL, densely warted with rather regularly placed, somewhat irregularly shaped warts. Columella a continuation of the stalk, opaque, reaching the apex of the sporocarps, sometimes confluent with the peridium, or splitting just below the apex into 2-3 main branches. Capillitium absent or scanty, with only a few thick, short branches (c. 3-15 µm long) connected to the apex of the columella. Spores 7-7.5 µm diam., minutely spinulose, with groups of closely placed spinules.
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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
- Nannenga-Bremekamp and Yamamoto, Y. 1983 Additions to the Myxomycetes of Japan. I Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 86(2):207-241 [as M. verrucosa]
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:248 [as M. verrucosa]
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:577
- Yamamoto, Y. 1999 Notes on Japanese Myxomycetes (III) Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo B,25(2):65-78
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Identifiers:
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2842213
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