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Sporocarps sessile, globose to plasmodiocarpous, scattered or clustered, 80-250 µm diam. Hypothallus conspicuous, gelatinous at first, slightly elevated when dry, sometimes resembling a short stalk. Peridium membranous, sprinkled or covered with lime crystals. Columella mostly absent, but sometimes rudimentary and then calcareous. Capillitium totally absent. Spore-mass black. Spores mostly globose to subglobose, dark brown, 10-11 µm diam., spinulose or faintly reticulate under oil immersion lense, but conspicuously reticulate by SEM, Phaneroplasmodium minute, milky white.
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- Henney,M.R., Alexopoulos, C. J., Scheetz, R. W. 1980: Didymium atrichum, a new myxomycete from south-central Texas. Mycotaxon 11: 150-164.
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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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