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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911

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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister in Lister, Monogr. Mycetozoa 64 (1911)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister
Berk. & M.A. Curtis
G. Lister
Lister, A. (revised: Lister, G.) 1911: A Monograph of the Mycetozoa, 2nd ed. 2nd edition.
1911
64
ICN
Didymium pusillum Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1873
species
Physarum pusillum

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Protozoa
Eumycetozoa
Myxomycetes
Physarales
Physaraceae
Physarum
pusillum

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Stephenson, S.L. 2003: Myxomycetes of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 3. Fungal Diversity Press.

Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911

PDD 16432, 23906, 72943
Physarum pezizoideum is easily recognized by the combination of the flat, saucer-shaped ( or "pizza-shaped") sporotheca and the long, reddish-brown stalks. Because this species seems to be restricted to the tropics, its potential ecological distribution in New Zealand is likely to include only the more northern portions of the North Island
Reported as cosmopolitan (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969) but particularly common in warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. First reported (as Physarum calidris) from New Zealand by Lister & Lister (1905), based on a specimen collected on Stewart Island. Also known from Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Nelson, and Southland (Rawson 1937).
Leaf litter and other types of plant debris.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Neubert et al. (1995), Ing (1999).
The reddish brown colour of the stalk and the lower portion of the sporotheca, and the a relatively long stalk, are the distinguishing features of this species. The colour of the peridium is quite variable, and specimens with a yellow peridium are sometimes encountered. Physarum pusillum is one of the myxomycetes commonly found on old decaying fronds of nikau palm (Stephenson 2003).

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Didymium pusillum Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1873
Didymium pusillum Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1873)
Berkeley, M.J. (1873)
Physarum calidris Lister 1891
Physarum calidris Lister (1891)
Lister, A. (1891)
Physarum calidris Lister 1891
Physarum calidris Lister (1891)
Lister, A.; Lister, G. (1905)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Cheesman, W.H.; Lister, G. (1915)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Lister, A. (revised: Lister, G.) (1911)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Mitchell, D.W. (1992)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Rawson, S.H. (1937)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Stagg, B.M.
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Stephenson, S.L. (2003)
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister (1911)
Stephenson, S.L. (2003)

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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Australia
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Auckland
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Coromandel
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Marlborough Sounds
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Nelson
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Northland
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
South Island
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Stewart Island
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Taupo
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Waikato
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Wanganui
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
New Zealand
Wellington
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Physarum pusillum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Lister 1911
Samoa
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8 June 1994
9 April 2003
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