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Sporocarps stalked, rarely sessile. Sporothecae pyriform or obovoid, often clustered on united stalks, bright ochraceous, up to 0.8 mm wide and 4 mm tall. Peridium membranous, translucent, papillose within, often somewhat thickened by granular deposits. Hypothallus membranous. Stalk reddish brown, weak, often flattened or procumbent. Capillitium of long, cylindric elaters, bearing 3-5 spirals, these smooth or bearing a few scattered spines, with short, tapered tips. Spores and capillitium mass bright ochraceous yellow. Spores bright yellow, coarsely and prominently reticulate, the bands narrow, minutely pitted and c. 1 µm high, 10-14 µm diam., 12-16 µm including the ridges. Plasmodium white.
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- Kowalski,D.T. 1973: New records of Myxomycetes from California. V. Madrono 22: 97-100.
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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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