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Sporocarps stalked, up to 4 mm total height. Sporothecae 1-2 mm diam., globose, slightly flattened at the base, dark blue with a metallic sheen, not shining. Hypothallus well developed, dark grey. Stalk black. Columella reaching the centre of the sporotheca, the apex slightly expanded. Capillitium of coarse, stiff, reddish purple threads, suddenly pale at the tips so that after spore dispersal the capillitium looks frosted. Spore-mass black. Spores purple-brown, 12-15 µm diam., verrucose, the warts often tall and then mistaken for blunt spines. Plasmodium colourless.
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- Kowalski,D.T. 1970: Concerning the validity of Lamproderma echinosporum. Madrono 20: 323-326.
- Svrcek,M. 1970: Nove nalezy hub v Ceskoslovensku. 5. Lamproderma sauteri Rost. [New findings of fungi in Czechoslovakia. 5. L. sauteri]. Ceská mykologie 24(2): 103-104.
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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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