Calonema dissipatum

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 dissipatum

Plasmodium pinkish. Sporocarps scattered , sessile or short stalked, up to 0.6 mm tall. Stalk , if present, up to 300 µm long, filled with cysts . Sporothecae globose to pyriform or turbinate , 0.3-0.8 mm diam., ochraceous to olive-brown, dull or shining and iridescent . Peridium single, yellow, smooth and shining, membranous, or dull if containing debris . Dehiscence irregular or by platelets above. Capillitium of abundant simple , anastomosed or branched, short or very long tubules , usually free , (2.5-)4 µm diam., marked with warts , spines or cogs, with 2-3 slanting, smooth spirals, and with 6-15(-20) µm wide swellings, tips rounded or bulbous. Spore-mass yellow. Spores pale yellow, 9-12 µm diam. including the c. 1 µm high border of baculae.

Biology

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Taxonomy

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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: dissipatum - Nann.-Bremek., R.K. Chopra and T.N. Lakh. 1992
        Scientific name: - Calonema dissipatum Nann.-Bremek., R.K. Chopra and T.N. Lakh. 1992

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Calonema

There are approximately 11 species in this genus:

C. aureum · C. coloratum · C. cornuvioides · C. cristatum · C. dissipatum · C. dissipatum var. dissipatum · C. foliicola · C. geesinkii · C. huegelii · C. rigidum · C. strictum

Bibliography

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Nann.-Bremek., R.K. Chopra and T.N. Lakh., in R.K. Chopra, Nann.-Bremek. and T.N. Lakh. 1992 Some new taxa of corticolous myxomycetes from the N.W. HRammeloo (ed.) Icones Mycologicae 1983-1986 Nationale Plantentuin van België.alayas, India and a note on a Cribraria from Japan Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 95(1):41-50

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Species Fungorum 2006.

Identifiers

Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:358791
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2859705