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Sporocarps 100-150 µm tall. Stalk tapered slightly upward, containing granular matter in the lower part, 55-110 µm long, the apex 3-5 µm diam. Sporotheca 40-50 µm diam., pale golden yellow to cream. Columella stout, cylindrical, 3-5 µm diam., 19-30 µm long. Capillitium arising from the tip of the columella, branching dichotomously 1-4 times without anastomosing. Peridium persistent, membranous, shiny, clinging to the capillitial tips and remaining as a basal collar 8-12 µm diam. Spore-mass yellow. Spores yellow to hyaline, globose to somewhat angular, (5-)6-9 µm diam., minutely roughened.
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- Haskins,E.F., McGuinness, M. D. 1986: Comparative ultrastructural observations of spore wall structure in six species of Echinostelium and three species of Eumycetozoa. Mycologia 78: 613-618.
- Haskins,E.F., McGuinness, M. D. 1989: Sporophore ultrastructure of Echinostelium arboreum. Mycologia 81: 303-307.
- Keller,H.W., Brooks, T. E. 1976: Corticolous Myxomycetes V: Observations on the genus Echinostelium. Mycologia 68: 1204-1220.
- Moreno,G., Illana, C., Lizárraga, M. 2001: SEM studies of the myxomycetes from the peninsula of Baja Californica (Mexico), III. Additions. Annales botanici Fennici 38: 225-247.
- Pando,F. 1989: Un estudio sobre los Myxomycetes corticolas de la isla de Mallorca. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 46(1): 181-188.
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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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