Didymium Eremophilum: A New Myxomycete From the Sonoran Desert
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia
- Vol. 72 (4) , 791-797
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1980.12021248
Abstract
SUMMARY Didymium eremophilum is a new species of Myxomycetes cultured from dead tissue of Carnegiea gigantea (saguaro) in moist chambers. It is characterized by small stalked sporangia, crystalline peridial-lime scales, absence of capillitium, and unusually ornamented spores. Its small plasmodia and sporangia, short duration of spore-to-spore culture, and ability to sporulate without a period of light or starvation may be adaptations to a fast-drying desert environment.Keywords
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