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Sporocarps gregarious. Sporothecae cylindrical or elliptical, 0.4-0.6 mm diam., metallic blue, bronze or purple. Hypothallus white, calcareous. Stalk stout, white, calcareous, up to half the total height. Peridium membranous. Columella cylindrical, thick, calcareous, almost reaching to the apex of the sporotheca. Capillitium arising from the whole length of the columella, consisting of purple-brown, branched and anastomosed threads, pale at the tips. Spore-mass black. Spores dull lilac, 8-11 µm diam., verruculose. Plasmodium white.
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Geographic distribution |
Worldwide except in boreal regions.
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References |
- Arthaud,J., Lafon, R. 1972: Myxomycetes on Strawberries - Dichea-Leucopoda Rost. Revue de Zoologie Agricole et de Pathologie Vegetale 71(4): 145-147.
- Arthaud,J., Lafon, R. 1972: Un Myxomycete sur nos Fraisiers: Diachea leucopoda Rost.. Revue de Zoologie Agricole et Pathologie Vegetale ??`: 145-147.
- Bozonnet,J.M., Meyer, M., Poulain, M. 1992: Special Myxomycetes. [Collection of some small papers and a checklist for the Savoyen. Bull.Trim.Fed.Myc.Dauphine-Savoie 125: 1-40.
- Golenia,A., Rebandel, Z. 1970: Abounding appearance of the myxomycete Diachea leucopodia (Bull.) Rost. on the strawberry plants. Prace Naukowe Instytutu Ochrony Roslin 12(1): 267-271.
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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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