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Comatricha elegans
© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0
Comatricha elegans

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Comatricha elegans
© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0
Comatricha elegans
Comatricha elegans
© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0
Comatricha elegans
Overview
Plasmodium translucent white. Sporocarps grouped, 0.5-2.0 mm tall. Stalk 0.8-1.6 mm long, consisting of netted fibres. Sporothecae spherical, 0.3-0.5 mm diam., brown. Columella absent or short, rarely reaching half way up the sporotheca, splitting abruptly into several thick branches. Capillitial main branches radiating upwards from the stalk apex or columella tip, dichotomously branched and often anastomosed into a net in the basal part, tapered gradually towards the periphery where they form many free ends. Spores pale lilac brown, 8-10 µm diam., minutely spinulose.

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References
  • Lado,C. 1994: Myxomycetes from Iberian Nature Reserves. II. Medos National forest reserve, Serra de Arrábida Natural Park and Sado's Estuary Nature Reserve (Portugal).. Revista Biologia 15: 119-129.

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The Eumycetozoan Project -- working to understand the ecology, sytematics and evolution of myxomycetes, dictostelids and protostelids -- the true slime molds.

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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Cupressaceae  Juniperus ashei @ BPI (1)
Myrtaceae  Eucalyptus sp @ BPI (1)
Pinaceae  Pinus sp @ BPI (2)
_  Substrate @ BPI (15)

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