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Overview

Plasmodium pink. Aethalia dispersed or in groups, conical or ovoid, 1.5-3 mm tall and 0.8-1.5 mm diam., beige, but darker above due to irregular, dark, ± branched scales which form a broken reticulum. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Cortex sturdy, the middle layer consisting of tubules, dehiscing irregularly at the apex, rather persistent. Pseudocapillitium consisting of irregularly shaped tubules 3-10 µm diam., smooth or minutely warted. Spore-mass bright pink, later yellowish-grey. Spores almost colourless, 5-7 µm diam., covered with a fine reticulum of narrow ridges interrupted at the germination area. An inconspicuous species appearing on rotten wood especially of deciduous trees. Distinguished by its subconical aethalia.

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Searchable databases -- The Eumycetozoan Project

References

Eliasson,U., Sunhede, S. 1980: External structure of peridium, pseudocapillitium and spores in the myxomycete genus Lycogala Adans.. Botaniska notiser 133: 351-361. Zeller,L., Toth, S. 1977: Myxomycetes data from Hungary II.. Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae.Sectio biologica 18 bis 19: 137-154.

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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