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Licea operculata (Wingate) G. W Martin
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Overview
Sporocarps dispersed or in groups, 0.4-1.0 mm tall, usually long-stalked. Stalk dull black. Sporotheca urn-shaped or, if the operculum is not clearly defined, then ± spherical, 0.1-0.3 mm diam., dark brown to almost black, operculum flat and usually shining. Peridium below the operculum dull from inclusions in the gelatinous outer layer, yellow-brown by TL, membranous, clear; the operculum membranous and papillose on the inside. Spores almost colourless, wall smooth and thick with a large, though often indistinct, thinner area, 10-13 µm diam.

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References
  • Gilert,E. 1997: Morphological and ultrastructure features in selected species of Licea (Myxomycetes). Nordic journal of botany 16(5): 515-547.
  • Mitchell,D.W., McHugh, R. 2000: Recent discoveries of corticolous Licea species from the British Isles with descriptions of two new species. Karstenia 40: 103-109.

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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