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Sporocarpous or plasmodiocarpous, pulvinate or depressed, 2-10 mm diam., shining beige or grey-brown. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Peridium thin membranous, beige-brown, either smooth or with a reticulum of small meshes, dehiscing irregularly. Capillitial threads abundant, mostly in groups of 2-6, slightly interconnected at the base and top, minutely warted and sometimes also with larger dark granules, expanding elastically. Spore-mass pale grey or beige. Spores 7-9 µm diam., with a small-meshed reticulum interrupted by a small germination pore. Plasmodium white or rosy.
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- Illana,C., Moreno, G., Castillo, A., Garcia, J. R. 1997: Myxomycetes de Espana. IX. Taxones criticos y raros para Extremadura. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 18(3): 233-246.
- Rammeloo,J. 1983: Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van Belgie. 34 p.
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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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