Echinostelium lunatum
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Order: Echinosteliales
- Family: Echinosteliaceae
- Genus: Echinostelium
- Specific descriptor: lunatum L.S.Olive & Stoian., 1971
- Scientific name: Echinostelium lunatum L.S.Olive & Stoian., 1971
- Specific descriptor: lunatum L.S.Olive & Stoian., 1971
- Genus: Echinostelium
- Family: Echinosteliaceae
- Order: Echinosteliales
- Class: Myxomycetes
- Phylum: Myxomycota
- Slime Molds
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M., 14-Sep-2005
Physical 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.
Species Echinostelium lunatum:
Sporocarps 20-50 µm tall. Stalk 15-30 µm long, tapered slightly to 1.5-3 µm diam. at the apex. Sporotheca (1-)4-8(-14) spored, pink to pale orange. Columella a tan, 15-30 µm wide, asymmetric structure, often appearing crescent-shaped under the compound microscope. Peridium remaining as a minute collar at the base of the sporotheca. Spore-mass pink. Spores hyaline, globose, 6-13 µm diam., minutely roughened, bearing flat, raised pads at areas of spore-to-spore contact.
Distribution
Similar Species
Members of the genus Echinostelium:
There are approximately 15 species and subspecies in this genus: E. apitectum · E. arboreum · E. brooksii · E. coelocephalum · E. colliculosum · E. corynephorum · E. corynophorum · E. cribrarioides · E. de · E. elachiston · E. fragile · E. ladoi · E. lunatum · E. minutum · E. paucifilum
Bibliography
- Olive, L.S. and Stoian. 1971 A minute new Echinostelium with protostelid affinities Mycologia 63:1051-1062
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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 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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 03, 2008:
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collection at the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg
Identifiers:
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:313460
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2861351
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