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 fragile
Sporocarps 100-150 µm tall. Stalk 60-100 µm long, expanded below and filled with granular matter, tapered to a narrow apex, 1-3 µm diam. Sporotheca 30-50 µm diam., pink when freshly matured, pink to pinkish brown when dry. Columella fusiform to ellipsoid , dark brown, 5-10 µm long, 2-3 µm diam. Peridium persisting as a minute collar , 2-5 µm diam., at the base of the sporotheca. Spore-mass pink. Spores pinkish to hyaline , globose , 11.5-15.5 µm diam., minutely roughened, the wall with a thinner region, each spore having from one to several protoplasts .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,160 meters (0 to 3,806 feet).Mean = 490.200 meters (1,608.268 feet), Standard Deviation = 757.510 based on 46 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:
fragile
- Nann.-Bremek., 1961
- Scientific name: - Echinostelium fragile Nann.-Bremek., 1961
- Specific descriptor:
fragile
- Nann.-Bremek., 1961
- 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.:37
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:72 pl.3c
- 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.:99
- Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:36
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.1:53
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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 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- GBIF-Spain: Flora Mycologica Iberica
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Fungi
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Hermann Neubert
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9733690
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-519
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2347155
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:330289
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2527714
