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Primarily plasmodiocarpous, but varying to sporocarpous, and then subglobose, sessile, 0.8-1.4 mm diam., dull yellow or ochraceous to bright chrome yellow, smooth or scaly. Peridium double, the outer layer densely calcareous, separating irregularly from the membranous inner layer. Capillitium dense, calcareous, the nodes large, yellow, ± branched. Spore-mass black. Spores dark purple-brown, closely warted, 11-13 µm diam. Plasmodium unknown.
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References |
- Farr,M.L. 1974: Some new Myxomycetes records for the Neotropics and some Taxonomic Problems in the Myxomycetes. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 81: 37-40.
- Mitchel,D.H., Chapman, S. W., Farr, M. L. 1986: Notes on Colorado Fungi V: Physarum alpestre, a new species. Mycologia 78: 66-69.
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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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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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