Dianema harveyi Rex 1891
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Dianema harveyi Rex, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 43 397 (1891)
Dianema harveyi Rex 1891
Nomenclature
Rex
Rex
1891
397
ICN
Dianema harveyi Rex 1891
species
Dianema harveyi
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Dianema harveyi Rex 1891
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Fruiting body a sessile sporangium, gregarious, pulvinate or plasmodiocarpous, 0.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, membranous, ochraceous to dull red or brown, iridescent, dehiscence irregular. Capillitium consisting of smooth, taut, sparsely forked threads, not anastomosing nor penicillate, running from base to top. Spores free, yellow in mass, pale yellowish by transmitted light, spiny, 8–10 µm in diameter. Plasmodium white.
Reported from Asia, Europe, and North America (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969, Yamamoto 1998) and also known from South America (Ing 1999). First reported from New Zealand by Rawson (1937), based on two specimens collected in Dunedin.
Decaying wood, usually fallen branches.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Neubert et al. (1993), Lado & Pando (1997), Ing (1999).
Dianema harveyi is very close to D. depressum but has warted and not reticulate spores. Moreover, the sporangia of the former are usually red or brown (in contrast to the beige to grey-brown sporangia of D. depressum).
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24 May 1994
19 November 2001
