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Sporocarps sessile, subglobose or turbinate, 0.2-0.6 mm diam., pulvinate and up to 1 mm long, crowded, often heaped and then irregular from mutual pressure. Peridium thin, shining golden yellow, marked with intricate radiating veins. Dehiscence irregular. Capillitium of branched and anastomosed threads attached to the base and free above, with obtuse or bulbous free tips, the surface reticulate-venose and very variable, some parts nearly smooth, others bearing rings or fragmentary spirals, with occasional spines. Spore-mass yellow. Spores bright yellow, coarsely reticulate, 13-15 µm diam. Plasmodium unknown.
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- Günther,E. 1990: Calonema aureum - ein für die BRD neuer Myxomycet. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pilze Mitteleuropas 6: 39-44.
- Martin,G.W. 1942: Taxonomic Notes on Myxomycetes. [I]. Mycologia 34: 696-704.
- Rammeloo,J. 1984: Meise, Nat. Plantentuin van Belgie. 54 p.
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The Eumycetozoan Project -- working to understand the ecology, sytematics and evolution of myxomycetes, dictostelids and protostelids -- the true slime molds.
Sponsored by grants from the National Science Foundation.
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