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Sporocarps 70-150 µm tall. Stalk 50-95 µm long, expanded below and tapered upward, the lower portions often containing granular matter, 2-3 µm diam. at the apex. Sporotheca 30-50 µm diam., white or pink when freshly matured, white, pink or pale cinnamon when dry. Columella globose, spore-like, thickened at the base, bearing thickened articular pads on the upper hemisphere, 9-13 µm diam. Peridium fugaceous except for a portion which adheres tightly to the base of the columella. Spore-mass white or pink. Spores hyaline, globose, 9-13 µm diam., minutely roughened, bearing pads at points of spore-to-spore contact.
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- Härkönen,M., Uotila, P. 1983: Turkish myxomycetes developed in moist chamber cultures. Karstenia 23: 1-9.
- Lakhanpal,T.N., Chopra, R. K. 1982: Taxonomic studies of Indian Myxomycetes. XX. The corticolous Myxomycetes. 1.. Sydowia.2.Ser. 35: 127-131.
- 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.
- Whitney,K.D., Keller, H. W. 1980: A new species of Echinostelium. Mycologia 72(3): 640-643.
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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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