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Myxocarps sessile, forming plasmodiocarps up to 6 mm long and 0.6 mm wide, or sessile sporocarps, up to 0.8 mm diam., white or pale grey, on a narrow base. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Peridium distinctly double, the inner layer membranous, colourless or purple, the outer layer calcareous. Dehiscence irregular, the peridium reflexing to reveal the inner layer. Capillitium of large white nodes and short, colourless tubules. Spore-mass black. Spores dark violet brown, 10-13 µm diam., with irregularly distributed spines. Plasmodium white.
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- Ortega,A., Calonge, F. D. 1980: Aportacion al estudio de los hougos de Andalucia II. Myxomycetes de la provincia de Granada. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 36: 9-16.
- Yamamoto,Y., Hagiwara, H., Sultana, K. 1993: Tokyo, National Science Museum. 41 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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