© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Mushroom Observer species Mycetozoa GSMNP Myxomycetes Links Hosts We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. MushroomObserver.org 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Comatricha pulchella 16 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview Sporocarps short-stalked, in small groups, 0.7-1.5 mm total height. Sporotheca pinkish-brown, ovoid, with rounded base and apex. Hypothallus discoid, small, rarely confluent. Stalk black, up to 50% of the total height. Peridium evanescent. Columella tapered, reaching the apex of the sporotheca where it merges with the capillitium. Capillitium reddish-brown, primary branches at right angles to the columella, branched, flexuous, forming an internal net, looped at the surface but not forming a surface net, consisting of thin threads throughout, without free ends. Spore-mass pinkish-brown. Spores rosy-brown, 6.5-8 µm diam., with small, scattered, colourless warts. Plasmodium white. On leaf litter. Links to other sites Searchable databases -- The Eumycetozoan Project References Moreno,G., Illana, C., Burguete, A. 1993: Spanish Myxomycetes VII. (Province of Castellon). Mycotaxon 46: 407-424. Acknowledgements 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. Feedback Please send any corrections and comments about this page to John Shadwick Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA email: jshadwi@uark.edu   phone: USA-479-575-7393. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation Hosts · map Family Scientific name @ source (records) _   Substrate @ BPI (6) go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from MushroomObserver.org    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://mushroomobserver.org/name/show_name/20677 Updated: 2024-04-29 07:41:26 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation