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Sporocarps 90-110 µm tall, cream to golden yellow. Stalk 50-80 µm long, somewhat expanded below, often containing granular debris, tapering slightly toward the apex, the apex of the stalk 4-5 µm diam. Sporotheca 30-40 µm diam. Columella a minute conical projection of the stalk or absent. Capillitium rudimentary or absent. Peridium remaining as a distinct membranous collar, 9-20 µm diam., at the base of the sporotheca. Spore-mass cream to yellow. Spores yellow to hyaline, globose to somewhat angular, 6-8 µm diam., minutely roughened.
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- Alexopoulos,C.J. 1958: Three new species of Myxomycetes from Greece. Mycologia 50: 52-56.
- Novozhilov,Y.K., Golubeva, O. G. 1986: Epiphytic myxomycetes from the Mongolian Altai and the Gobi desert. [In Russian]. Mikologija i fitopatologija 20(5): 368-374.
- Pando,F., Oltra, M. 2000: On the spore wall of Echinostelium elachiston (Myxomycetes). Mycotaxon 74(2): 495-498.
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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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