Echinostelium fragile

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 .

Taxonomy

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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

Notes

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

Similar Species

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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

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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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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.
Species Fungorum 2006.

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