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Sporocarps sessile, crowded on a well-developed, dark hypothallus. Sporothecae globose or occasionally turbinate, (0.4-)0.5-0.7(-0.8) mm diam., dull orange or golden brown. Peridium membranous, smooth, shining. Capillitium consisting of long, simple elaters, 5-6 µm diam., bearing 3-4 closely-wound, regular, spinulose spiral bands, the apices short and acuminate. Capillitium and spore mass deep yellow to rusty orange. Spores yellow, delicately reticulate, (9-)10-12 µm diam. Plasmodium white.
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- Rammeloo,J. 1974: Structure of the Epispore in the Trichiaceae (Trichales, Myxomycetes) as seen with the scanning microscope. Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 107: 353-359.
- Scherffel,A. 1892: Zur Kenntniss einiger Arten der Gattung Trichia. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 10(4): 217-218.
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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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