© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Didymium nigripes Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Mycetozoa GSMNP Myxomycetes Links Hosts 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Didymium nigripes © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Didymium nigripes © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Didymium nigripes © The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0 Didymium nigripes 5 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview Sporocarps long-stalked, globose, total height 1.5 mm. Sporotheca umbilicate below, 0.3-0.5 mm diam., white. Hypothallus discoid, black. Stalk slender, dark brown to black, often slightly paler towards the top. Peridium membranous, grey-brown, mottled, thickly covered with white crystals. Columella subglobose, dark brown, calcareous. Capillitium delicate, of brown or colourless threads with a few thickened areas, little branched. Spore-mass dark brown. Spores pale violet-brown, 7-10 µm diam., verruculose with clusters of larger warts. Plasmodium grey or colourless. On leaf litter and dead herbaceous stems. Links to other sites Searchable databases -- The Eumycetozoan Project References Cadman,E.J. 1931: The life history and cytology of Didymium nigripes Fries. Transactions and proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 57: 93-142. Gaither,T.W., Collins, O. R. 1984: Comparative SEM observations of sporophore characteristics in three species of Didymium (Myxomycetes, Physarales). Mycologia 76(4): 650-664. Kappel,T. 1992: An aquarium myxomycetes: Didymium nigripes. Mycologist, The 6(3): 106-107. Kerr,N.S. 1960: Flagella formation by the true slime mould Didymium nigripes. J.Protozool. 7: 103-108. Kerr,N.S. 1960: The effect of chelating agents on plasmodium formation by the true slime mold, Didymium nigripes. Nature 188 Kerr,N.S. 1961: A study of plasmodium formation by the true slime mould, Didymium nigripes. Experimental Cell Research 23: 603-611. Kerr,N.S. 1963: The growth of myxamoebae of the true slime mould, Didymium nigripes in axenic culture. Jour.Gen.Microbiol. 32: 409-416. Kerr,N.S. 1965: Didymium nigripes, a true slime mold. [16 mm film]. Progress in Protozoology 276 Kerr,N.S. 1965: Inhibition by streptomycin of flagella formation in a true slime mould. J.Protozool. 12: 276-278. Kerr,N.S. 1967: Plasmodium formation by a minute mutant of the true slime mould, Didymium nigripes. Experimental Cell Research 45: 646-655. Kerr,N.S. 1982: Spore germination in the true slime mold, Didymium nigripes. J.Protozool. 29: 242-246. Kerr,N.S., Lucas, S., Bazin, M. 1968: Observations on the differentiation of plasmodia into fruiting bodies by the true slime mold, Didymium nigripes. Jour.Gen.Microbiol. 53: 17-21. Kerr,N.S., Sussman, M. 1958: Clonal development of the true slime mould, Didymium nigripes. Jour.Gen.Microbiol. 19: 173-177. Kerr,N.S., Waxlax, J. 1968: A yellow variant of the Eumycetozoan Didymium nigripes which exhibits aging. Journal of Experimental Zoology 168: 351-361. Kerr,S. 1967: A comparative study of mitosis in amobae and plasmodia of the true slime mould, Didymium nigripes. J.Protozool. 14: 439-445. Kerr,S. 1968: Ploidy level in the true slime mould Didymium nigripes. Jour.Gen.Microbiol. 53: 9-15. Kerr,S.J. 1970: Nuclear Size in plasmodia of the true slime mold Didymium nigripes. Jour.Gen.Microbiol. 63: 347-356. Lieth,H. 1954: Die Pigmente von Didymium nigripes und ihre Beziehungen zur Lichtabsorption. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 67: 323-325. Lieth,H. 1956: Die Wirkung des Grünlichtes auf die Fruchtkörperbildung bei Didymium eunigripes. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 24: 91-104. Nannenga-Bremekamp,N.E. 1972: Notes on Myxomycetes XVIII. A new Didymium and some comments on the Didymium species with long-stalked sporangia. Proceedings.Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.Ser.C, Biological and medical sciences Reinhard,H.F.Über die Physiologie der Sporenbildung und der Sporenkeimung bei Didymium eunigripes. Diplomarbeit. 1965, Schuster,F. 1964: Electron microscope observations on spore formation in the true slime mold Didymium nigripes. J.Protozool. 11: 207-216. Skulberg,O.M. 1958: Notiz ueber Didymium nigripes aus einer Abwasserbiozönose. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Hydrologie 20: 210-217. Skupienski,F.X. 1930: Influence de la température sur la fructification de Didymium nigripes [In French]. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 7: 241-249. 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. 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