Description
Genus Calonema
Sporocarps either stalked or sessile and then often crowded or heaped. Capillitium of branching tubules which form a network and which may be attached to the base and peridium. Capillitium vaguely decorated with reticulations , irregular rings and/or spirals .
Physical Description
Species Calonema aureum
Sporocarps sessile, subglobose or turbinate , 0.2-0.6 mm diam., pulvinate and up to 1 mm long, crowded, often heaped and then irregular from mutual pressure . Peridium thin, shining golden yellow, marked with intricate radiating veins. Dehiscence irregular. Capillitium of branched and anastomosed threads attached to the base and free above, with obtuse or bulbous free tips, the surface reticulate-venose and very variable, some parts nearly smooth , others bearing rings or fragmentary spirals , with occasional spines. Spore-mass yellow. Spores bright yellow, coarsely reticulate , 13-15 µm diam. Plasmodium unknown.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,109 meters (0 to 6,919 feet).Mean = 245.540 meters (805.577 feet), Standard Deviation = 418.960 based on 24 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Trichiales
()
- Family:
Trichiaceae
()
- Genus:
Calonema
()
- Specific descriptor:
aureum
- Morgan, 1893
- Scientific name: - Calonema aureum Morgan, 1893
- Specific descriptor:
aureum
- Morgan, 1893
- Genus:
Calonema
(
- Family:
Trichiaceae
(
- Order:
Trichiales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calonema
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
C. aureum · C. cornuvioides · C. cristatum · C. dissipatum · C. dissipatum var. dissipatum · C. foliicola · C. geesinkii · C. huegelii · C. strictum
Bibliography
- Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.:50
- Ic. Myc. pl.35
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:86 pl.3f
- Lister, A. and G. Lister. 1925. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa ed. 3 Br. Museum (Nat. Hist.).:217 pl.d-f
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:120
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.1:225
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:216
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Eumycetozoa.com
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Hermann Neubert
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Martin Schnittler
- University of Arkansas, Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3095878
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-111
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14918043
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:191459
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2779023
