Clastoderma debaryanum

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Clastoderma debaryanum
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Echinosteliales
Family: Clastodermataceae
Genus: Clastoderma
Species:
C. debaryanum
Binomial name
Clastoderma debaryanum
A. Blytt 1880

Clastoderma debaryanum is a species of slime mold in the family Clastodermataceae. It has been recorded in every continent except for Antarctica. [1]

This species is found on decaying wood or bark, but is not uncommon on the bark of living trees in moist chamber culture. [2]

Description

The fruiting bodies are a stalked sporangium, approximately 1 mm tall. [2] [3] Light brown and globular sporotheca between 0.1 and 0.2 mm in diameter. Spores are 8–11 µm in diameter, with small warts. Plasmodium starts a watery white, but grows darker with age. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Clastoderma debaryanum A.Blytt, 1880". gbif.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Stephenson, S.L. 2003: Myxomycetes of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 3. Fungal Diversity Press.
  3. ↑ "Clastoderma debaryanum A. Blytt 1880". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz.
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