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Stemonitopsis microspora
© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0
Stemonitopsis microspora

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Stemonitopsis microspora
© The Eumycetozoan Project, 2006 · 0
Stemonitopsis microspora
Overview
Sporocarps in small clusters, 1.7-3.2 mm tall. Stalk dark, slender, c. 33% of total height. Sporotheca cylindric, acuminate, dark lilaceous brown. Capillitium arising from entire length of columella, which dissipates near the tip of the sporotheca. Surface net usually fragmentary, with irregular meshes of thin undulate threads and few free ends. Spore-mass reddish brown. Spores pale, marked with a complete delicate reticulum, 3.2-4.5 µm diam.

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References
  • Härkönen,M., Saarimäki, T. 1991: Tanzanian Myxomycetes: first survey. Karstenia 31: 31-54.

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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