|
|
Overview | |
Sporocarps gregarious or scattered, stalked. Sporothecae globose, (0.1-)0.2-0.3(-0.5) mm diam. Peridium membranous, scarlet or bright purplish red, almost smooth, with included clusters of purplish-red lime globules. Stalk slender, cylindrical, erect, longitudinally wrinkled, concolorous or paler, limeless, translucent, expanded at the base. Hypothallus membranous. Columella absent. Capillitium open, the nodes few, large, bright red, angular or irregularly branched, connected by pale pinkish tubules. Spore-mass purplish black. Spores pale pinkish brown, minutely spinulose with scattered clusters of darker warts, 7-10 µm diam. Plasmodium maroon or bright red.
|
|
|
Names | |
|
|
|
Links to other sites | |
|
|
|
References |
- Keller,H.W., Arnott, H. J. 1990: IA bis 27/2. Regensburg, A. Reisinger und A. Bresinsky.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
Feedback |
Please send any corrections and comments about this page to John Shadwick
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
email: jshadwi@uark.edu phone: USA-479-575-7393.
|
|
| Supported by | |
Updated: 2024-04-29 03:04:32 gmt
|
