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Sporocarps in tufts, 2-5 mm high. Sporothecae rounded at the base and apex, cinnamon. Hypothallus confluent. Stalk black, c. 20% of the total height. Columella tapered and flexuous, almost reaching the apex of the sporotheca. Capillitium pale brown, small-meshed, with 5-8 meshes between the columella and the periphery, forming a surface net with angular meshes, 8-35 µm diam., with minute, spiny, free ends. Spore-mass pale cinnamon. Spores almost colourless, 4-6 µm diam., with very fine pale warts seen by oil-immersion. Plasmodium white.
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- Chung,C.-H., Liu, C.-H. 1995: First report of fimicolous myxomycetes from Taiwan. Fung.Sci. 10(1-4): 33-35.
- Härkönen,M., Saarimäki, T. 1991: Tanzanian Myxomycetes: first survey. Karstenia 31: 31-54.
- Illana,C., Moreno, G., Castillo, A., Garcia, J. R. 1997: Myxomycetes de Espana. IX. Taxones criticos y raros para Extremadura. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 18(3): 233-246.
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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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