Description
Physical Description
Species Wiesnerella auriculata
Plasmodium yellow, orange or scarlet. Primarily plasmodiocarpous, 0.3-0.5 mm diam., sometimes broken into pulvinate sporocarps , sessile. Peridium hyaline , pale yellow to red or dark reddish brown, often encrusted with white, orange or red lime globules , the lime sometimes densely aggregated as an outer peridial wall, the colour varying from deep maroon to white with red spots, transversely rugulose , closely attached to the substratum . Capillitium duplex, consisting of flat, angular, limy nodes massed into transverse plates which divide the interior into incomplete segments, and a delicate network of yellowish tubules bearing a few rounded calcareous nodes and numerous spiny , often uncinate , branches. Spore-mass black. Spores violaceous brown, minutely roughened, (7-)8-10(-11) µm diam. Specimens developed in moist-chamber culture of bark are ± sporocarpous or short-plasmodiocarpous.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,250 meters (0 to 7,382 feet).Mean = 447.450 meters (1,468.012 feet), Standard Deviation = 784.170 based on 40 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
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Rhizaria
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum:
Foraminifera
()
- (Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Class:
Granuloreticulosea
()
- Lee, 1990
- Order:
Foraminiferida
()
- Delage & Herouard, 1896
- Family:
Nubeculariidae
()
- Jones, 1875
- Genus:
Wiesnerella
()
- Specific descriptor:
auriculata
- (Dendy, 1916)
- Scientific name: - Wiesnerella auriculata (Dendy, 1916)
- Specific descriptor:
auriculata
- (Dendy, 1916)
- Genus:
Wiesnerella
(
- Family:
Nubeculariidae
(
- Order:
Foraminiferida
(
- Class:
Granuloreticulosea
(
- Phylum:
Foraminifera
(
- Infrakingdom:
Rhizaria
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: Kirk P.M.
, 14-Sep-2005
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Nov-2004.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Wiesnerella
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
Bibliography
- Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.:210 [as Cienkowskia reticulata]
- Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:292
- Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:140:7f
- Lister, A. and G. Lister. 1925. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa ed. 3 Br. Museum (Nat. Hist.).:73 pl.70 [as Cienkowskia reticulata]
- Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:244 [as Cienkowskia reticulata]
- Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:181
- Neubert, Nowotny and Baumann 1993/1995/2000 Die Myxomyceten Baumann, Gomaringen. Vol.2:326
- Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:500
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 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 February 28, 2008:
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 487442
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-44636
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2283726
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2373298
