Click on map for details about points. IDnature guide Myxomycetes Links Hosts Overview Sporocarps short-stalked, gregarious, total height 1.5 mm. Sporotheca subglobose, flattened and deeply umbilicate below, 0.5-0.8 mm diam., white. Hypothallus discoid, orange, very conspicuous. Stalk bright orange. Peridium membranous, dark, densely covered with stellate crystals which appear white but which appear very pale yellow by TL. Columella large, white, hemispherical, stalked. Capillitium a network of thick, dark, branched threads with wide expansions at the junctions. Spore-mass dark purplish black. Spores dark brown, 9-11 µm diam., verruculose with a pale, smooth area. Plasmodium greenish-yellow. Developing deep in leaf litter. Links to other sites Searchable databases -- The Eumycetozoan Project References Betterley,D.A., Collins, O. R. 1984: Vegetative incompatibility and Myxomycete biology. Mycologia 76: 785-792. Clark,J., Landolt, J. C. 2001: Myxomycete biosystematics: various Didymium and Physarum species. Nova Hedwigia 73(3-4): 437-444. Kowalski,D.T. 1973: Notes on western Myxomycetes. Madrono 22: 151-153. Lister,G., Ross, J. 1945: A new species of the Mycetoza, Didymium laxifila G. Lister and Ross. The Essex Naturalist 27: 263-264. Moreno,G., Castillo, A., Illana, C., Lizárraga, M. 1997: Taxonomic status of Didymium laxifilum and D. rubeopus, incl. a new variety of D. rubeopus (Myxomycetes). Cryptogamie, Mycologie 18(4): 315-325. Moreno,G., Castillo, A., Illana, C., Lizárraga, M. 1997: Taxonomic status of Didymium laxifolium and D-rubeopus, incl. a new variety of D-rubeopus (Myxomycetes). Cryptogamie Mycologie 18(4): 315-325. Moreno,G., Illana, C., Lizárraga, M. 2001: SEM studies of the myxomycetes from the peninsula of Baja Californica (Mexico), III. Additions. Annales botanici Fennici 38: 225-247. 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 (2) go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-29 00:22:02 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation