Description
Genus Oligonema
Sporocarps usually densely crowded. Peridium membranous. Capillitium of simple or branched elaters, free from the base and capillitium and not forming a network , faintly decorated with spirals and sometimes warts and/or rings . Spore-mass yellow to ochre .
Physical Description
Species Oligonema fulvum
Sporocarpous or subplasmodiocarpous, sessile. Sporothecae olivaceous brown, clustered, subglobose on a constricted base , 0.3-1 mm diam. Peridium membranous, olivaceous yellow, shining, marked with clear, straight lines suggesting clusters of needle-shaped crystals, and with warts . Capillitium scanty, tawny , the elaters 3 µm diam., simple or branched, with few anastomoses , smooth or marked with a few loose , irregular spirals or occasional rings , half-rings or barbs , occasionally swollen, the tips obscurely apiculate , 40-300 µm long, 3-5 µm diam. Spores 11-14 µm diam., yellow, closely and distinctly warted.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Trichiales
()
- Family:
Trichiaceae
()
- Genus:
Oligonema
()
- Specific descriptor:
fulvum
- Morgan
- Scientific name: - Oligonema fulvum Morgan
- Specific descriptor:
fulvum
- Morgan
- Genus:
Oligonema
(
- Family:
Trichiaceae
(
- Order:
Trichiales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oligonema
There are approximately 15 species in this genus:
O. aeneum · O. aurantium · O. bavaricum · O. brevifilum · O. broomei · O. dancoii · O. flavidum · O. fulvum · O. furcatum · O. heterophylla · O. intermedium · O. minutulum · O. oedonema · O. schweinitzii · O. vulgare
Bibliography
- Lado and Pando 1997 Flora Mycologica Iberica Vol. 2 Myxomycetes 1 CSIC and J. Cramer.:243
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:119
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 20, 2007:
- BeBIF Provider, National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- GBIF-Spain, Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- University of Arkansas, Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3130841
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15101387
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:233606
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2034174
