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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899

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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr., N. Amer. Slime-moulds 18 (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
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(O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr.
O.F. Müll.
T. Macbr.
1899
18
ICN
species
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

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fruticulosa

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On rotten wood. Waitaki (112, 297).
More compact than C. roseum, retaining a somewhat ferruginous colour when dry.
Aurantium vel fuscum, gregarium; clavulis breviter ramosis, congestis, confluentibus. Sporis sub-ellipticis, hyalinis (.014 X .01 mm.).
On rotten wood. Winton (113).
Roseum, gregarium ; clavulis furcato-ramosis, brevibus. Sporis ovalibus, hyalinis (.012 X .01 mm.).
Although colourless when dried, the drawing which accompanied it gives distinctly the form, and bright rose colour. It nevertheless requires better knowledge of its life-history before its affinities become certain.

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: PDD 54495, 68480, 68608
Fruiting body unlike that of other myxomycetes, typically consisting of a series of erect, simple or branched columns but sometimes taking the form of a poroid or effused crust, usually white but sometimes pink or pale yellow to yellowish green, often 10 cm or more in extent, with the individual columns up to 10 mm high. Spores attached individually by threadlike stalks, white in mass, hyaline by transmitted light, smooth, typically somewhat variable in size and shape, mostly ovoid or elliptical but sometimes globose, 6–7 x 10–13 µm in diameter. Plasmodium watery and translucent, colourless or occasionally pale yellow (rarely somewhat pink, very pale orange, or light green).
Apparently cosmopolitan (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969), but uncommon or absent at high latitudes and high elevations where woody substrates are lacking (Stephenson et al. 2000). First reported (as Ceratium hydnoides) from New Zealand by Cooke (1879), based on specimens collected in South Canterbury/Dunedin. Cooke also listed Ceratium fuscum and C. roseum, both of which were described as species new to science, in the same publication. Both are now regarded as nothing more than morphological variants of Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa and thus have been reduced to synonyms of the latter species. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa known from Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wellington, Gisborne, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Fiordland, Otago Lakes, Southland, Stewart Island, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Island, but the species undoubtedly occurs in every part of New Zealand.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Neubert et al. (1993), Stephenson & Stempen (1994), Lado & Pando (1997), Ing (1999).
This is one of the most distinctive, abundant, and widespread myxomycetes in the forests of New Zealand. During the summer months, after a period of rainy weather, it can be found on all types of coarse woody debris. Lado (2001) indicated that the correct name for this species is Famintzinia fruticulosa, since the generic name Famintzinia antedates Ceratiomyxa and thus has priority over it. However, Ceratiomyxa is retained in the present work because this name is still the one used in other reference works currently available for the myxomycetes.

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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. (1899)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Famintzinia fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) Lado (2001)

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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
Australia
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Auckland
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Auckland Islands
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Buller
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Campbell Island
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Coromandel
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Dunedin
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Fiordland
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Gisborne
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Mackenzie
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Nelson
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Northland
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
South Canterbury
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Southland
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Stewart Island
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Taupo
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Wellington
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
New Zealand
Westland
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (O.F. Müll.) T. Macbr. 1899
United States

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1 March 1994
23 November 2001
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