Description
Genus Oligonema
Sporocarps usually densely crowded. Peridium membranous. Capillitium of simple or branched elaters, free from the base and capillitium and not forming a network , faintly decorated with spirals and sometimes warts and/or rings . Spore-mass yellow to ochre .
Physical Description
Species Oligonema aurantium
Sporocarps crowded, subglobose, sessile, brownish-orange, shining, 0.3-0.6 mm diam. Hypothallus firm, brown, common to a group. Capillitium abundant, bright yellow, tubules long, 3.5-5.0 µm diam., in some places slightly swollen, with very faint spirals , with protruding rings of varying breadth and sometimes with one or two spines, some spines rising directly from the tubules, free ends fairly abundant, obtuse and their tips sometimes with one or two spines. Peridium thin, double , the two layers closely adhering at least in the lower part, translucent , bright yellow, mostly smooth but sometimes faintly reticulate and the ridges with minute scattered warts . Dehiscence irregular. Spores and capillitium mass orange. Spores bright yellow, 11-13(-16) µm diam., banded-reticulate with c. 10 meshes across the diam., the ridges 0.5-0.8 µm high.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Phylum:
Myxomycota
()
- Class:
Myxomycetes
()
- Order:
Trichiales
()
- Family:
Trichiaceae
()
- Genus:
Oligonema
()
- Specific descriptor:
aurantium
- Nann.-Bremek., 1968
- Scientific name: - Oligonema aurantium Nann.-Bremek., 1968
- Specific descriptor:
aurantium
- Nann.-Bremek., 1968
- Genus:
Oligonema
(
- Family:
Trichiaceae
(
- Order:
Trichiales
(
- 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 Oligonema
There are approximately 15 species in this genus:
O. aeneum · O. aurantium · O. bavaricum · O. brevifilum · O. broomei · O. dancoii · O. flavidum · O. fulvum · O. furcatum · O. heterophylla · O. intermedium · O. minutulum · O. oedonema · O. schweinitzii · O. vulgare
Bibliography
- Nann.-Bremek. 1968 Notes on Myxomycetes XV: New species of Oligonema, Licea, Clastoderma, Comatricha, Paradiacheopsis and Badhamia Proc. Koninkl. Nederl. Akad. van Wetenschappen, Series C, 71:41-51
- Rammeloo (ed.) Icones Mycologicae 1983-1986 Nationale Plantentuin van België. pl.29
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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 provider.
- 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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3212917
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Eum-740
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:335353
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2861447
