Description
Genus Macbrideola
Sporocarps small, stipitate , globose to ovate . Stalk translucent , hollow (trapped air is often seen in liquid mounts ). Columella usually present. Peridium fugaceous or persistent . Capillitium present or absent.
Physical Description
Species Macbrideola decapillata
Sporocarps widely scattered , 0.2-0.7 mm tall. Sporotheca globose , dark brown, 0.05-0.14 mm diam. Stalk slender, translucent , hollow, often yellow at the base , brown above, continuing into the sporotheca as a columella. Peridium very thin, hyaline , early evanescent , usually leaving a collar about the stalk apex. Columella rounded at the end in forms which lack capillitium , or branching and giving rise to short protuberances or to longer , branching capillitial strands which are attenuated peripherally. Spore-mass dark brown. Spores brown, violaceous or lilaceous, globose, marked with warts which are irregular in size and often in distribution, 7-9 µm diam.
Biology
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Stemonitales
()
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
()
- Genus:
Macbrideola
()
- Specific descriptor:
decapillata
- H.C.Gilbert, 1934
- Scientific name: - Macbrideola decapillata H.C.Gilbert, 1934
- Specific descriptor:
decapillata
- H.C.Gilbert, 1934
- Genus:
Macbrideola
(
- Family:
Stemonitidaceae
(
- Order:
Stemonitales
(
- 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 Macbrideola
There are approximately 21 species in this genus:
M. argentea · M. confusa · M. coprophila · M. cornea · M. cornea var. cornea · M. decapillata · M. declinata · M. dubia · M. herrerae · M. lamprodermoides · M. macrospora · M. martinii · M. oblonga · M. ovoidea · M. reticulospora · M. scintillans · M. scintillans var. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera
Bibliography
- Gilbert, H.C. emend. Alexop. 1967 Taxonomic studies in the Myxomycetes I. The genus Macbrideola Mycologia 59(1):103-116
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:187
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:108
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:207
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.3:246
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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 4 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 03, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes
- 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
- University of Arkansas: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank
Identifiers
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:262837
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2842182
