Description
Genus Echinostelium
Small stipitate sporocarps , up to 0.5 mm tall. Spore-mass colourless, pale Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.llow, ochre or pink. Capillitium , if present, not dichotomous. Almost all spp. are corticolous .
Physical Description
Species Echinostelium elachiston
Sporocarps 90-110 µm tall, cream to golden yellow. Stalk 50-80 µm long, somewhat expanded below, often containing granular debris , tapering slightly toward the apex, the apex of the stalk 4-5 µm diam. Sporotheca 30-40 µm diam. Columella a minute conical projection of the stalk or absent. Capillitium rudimentary or absent. Peridium remaining as a distinct membranous collar , 9-20 µm diam., at the base of the sporotheca. Spore-mass cream to yellow. Spores yellow to hyaline , globose to somewhat angular, 6-8 µm diam., minutely roughened. The spore-like columella of E. colliculosum can become detached in slides and then may be confused with E. elachiston.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,288 meters (0 to 7,507 feet).Mean = 352.510 meters (1,156.529 feet), Standard Deviation = 945.200 based on 39 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:
Echinosteliales
()
- Family:
Echinosteliaceae
()
- Genus:
Echinostelium
()
- Specific descriptor:
elachiston
- Alexop., 1958
- Scientific name: - Echinostelium elachiston Alexop., 1958
- Specific descriptor:
elachiston
- Alexop., 1958
- Genus:
Echinostelium
(
- Family:
Echinosteliaceae
(
- Order:
Echinosteliales
(
- Class:
Myxomycetes
(
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Echinostelium
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
E. apitectum · E. arboreum · E. brooksii · E. coelocephalum · E. colliculosum · E. corynophorum · E. cribrarioides · E. de · E. elachiston · E. fragile · E. ladoi · E. lunatum · E. minutum · E. paucifilum
Bibliography
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:36
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:72
- Lado and Pando 1997 Flora Mycologica Iberica Vol. 2 Myxomycetes 1 CSIC and J. Cramer.:43
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:98 [where the description applies to two spp.]
- Whitney 1980 The Myxomycete genus Echinostelium Mycologia 72(5):950-987
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Notes
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.
- Eumycetozoa.com
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collection at the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg
- 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: 3178714
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-518
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:297083
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2841820
