Description
Genus Stemonitis
Sporocarps cylindrical, stipitate , forming tufts. Stalk hollow, consisting of ± longitudinal strands which may be interwoven at the base . Columella rising to the apex or just below. Peridium fugaceous. Capillitium forming an internal network and a clearly differentiated and complete surface net .
Physical Description
Species Stemonitis axifera
Plasmodium white. Sporocarps in tufts, 7-20 mm tall. Hypothallus membranous, brown, continuous under the tuft. Stalk 1.5-6 mm long, shining black, opaque . Sporotheca cylindrical, tapered around the apex and base , rust-coloured when fresh. Columella gradually tapered towards the apex of the sporotheca and flexuose apically and there merging into the capillitium . Capillitial internal net with c. 3 meshes over the radius, usually with expansions in the axils, pale brown, the surface net consisting of thin threads with angular meshes which are usually c. 5-34 µm diam., almost without free ends. Spores very pale rosy-brown, 5.0-7.5 µm diam., with very fine pale warts seen by oil-immersion. S. smithii is synonymised with S. axifera in G. Moreno, H. Singer, A. Sánchez and C. Illana 2004 cited above.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).Mean = 465.200 meters (1,526.247 feet), Standard Deviation = 541.110 based on 1,060 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Stemonitales
()
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
()
- Genus:
Stemonitis
()
- Specific descriptor:
axifera
- (Bull.) T. Macbr. 1889
- Scientific name: - Stemonitis axifera (Bull.) T. Macbr. 1889
- Specific descriptor:
axifera
- (Bull.) T. Macbr. 1889
- Genus:
Stemonitis
(
- 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 Stemonitis
There are approximately 80 species in this genus:
S. acuminata · S. alba · S. amoena · S. atra · S. axifera · S. bicolor · S. brasiliensis · S. carlylei · S. carnea · S. carolinensis · S. castillensis · S. cinnabarina · S. coccinea · S. crocea · S. crypta · S. curitibensis · S. cyathiformis · S. decipiens · S. dictyophora · S. digitata · S. emotensis · S. emotoi · S. farrensis · S. fasciculata · S. fenestrata · S. ferruginea · S. filicina · S. flavescens · S. flavogenita · S. fluminensis · S. foliicola · S. friesiana · S. fulvipes · S. fusca · S. fusca var. fusca · S. fusca var. rufescens · S. glauca · S. globosa · S. graciliformis · S. grisea · S. herbatica · S. heterospora · S. inconspicua · S. laxifila · S. laxireta · S. leucostyla · S. lignicola · S. lilacina · S. lumbricaulis · S. lutea · S. mammosa · S. marjana · S. maxima · S. microsperma · S. morgani · S. morganii · S. morthieri · S. mussooriensis · S. nigrescens · S. oblonga · S. ochroleuca · S. ovata · S. ovulum · S. pallida · S. pallida var. pallida · S. pallida var. rubescens · S. platensis · S. porphyra · S. rhizoideipes · S. rufipes · S. smithii · S. sophia · S. splendens · S. splendens var. splendens · S. splendens var. webberi · S. suksdorfii · S. travancorensis · S. trichia · S. uvifera · S. virginiensis
Bibliography
- Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.:112
- G. Moreno, H. Singer, A. Sánchez and C. Illana 2004 A critical study of some Stemonitales of North American herbaria and comparison with European nivicolous collections Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 28:21-41
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:199
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:109
- Lister, A. and G. Lister. 1925. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa ed. 3 Br. Museum (Nat. Hist.).:138 pl.119e-g [as S. ferruginea]
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:191
- Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:323
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:270
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:603
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 4, 2008.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- GBIF New Zealand: NZFUNGI - Collections of the New Zealand National Fungal Herbarium (PDD)
- GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- GBIF-Sweden: Fungi (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- GBIF-Sweden: Gothenburg Herbarium - General (GBIF:IH:GB:Herbarium)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Fungi field notes, Oslo (O)
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Fungal Collection at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
- 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 Hermann Neubert
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Martin Schnittler
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Main Collection
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO: Herbarium GJO
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Lichen Herbarium
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
- University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU: Herbarium WU
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3035302
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14380067
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:119956
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2843853
