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Plasmodium white. Sporocarps stalked, dispersed or in small groups, 1-2.5 mm tall. Hypothallus small, dark. Stalk 0.1-1.0 mm long and 0.2-0.3 mm diam., grooved, dark brown to almost black and opaque. Sporotheca spherical to obconical, 0.4-0.8 mm diam., red, purple-brown to black, with a reticulum of yellow bands in the upper part. Peridium consisting of two closely-connected layers, the outer layer gelatinous and containing patches of refuse matter separated by clear yellow bands, the inner layer membranous and translucent with ring-shaped folds. Dehiscing along thin reticulate bands. Elaters bright yellow or orange-yellow, 3.5-5 µm diam., with 4 spirals which are either smooth or decorated with widely separated spines, the elater tips either blunt or ending in sharp points, about 7-10 µm long. Spores and capillitium mass bright yellow. Spores pale yellow, 11-13 µm diam., densely covered with fine warts which are wider at the top and show as a border in optical section.
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- Imler,L., Rammeloo, J. 1985: Meise, Nat. Plantentuin van Belgie. 110 p.
- Neubert,H. 1985: Myxomyceten aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland II. Erstfund des Myxomyceten Trichia erecta Rex.. Carolinea 43: 117-119.
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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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