Trichia Haller 1768

Details

Name scientific

Trichia Haller 1768

Preferred name

Trichia Haller 1768

Taxonomy reference

LEONTYEV, DMITRY V.; SCHNITTLER, MARTIN; STEPHENSON, STEVEN L.; NOVOZHILOV, YURI K.; SHCHEPIN, OLEG N. 2019: Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes. Phytotaxa 399(3): 209.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Haller

Authors

Haller

Publication place

Haller, A. von 1768: Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata. 3.

Year published

1768

Publication page

114

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Trichia Haller 1768

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Trichia

Classification

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Eumycetozoa

Class

Myxomycetes

Order

Trichiales

Family

Trichiaceae

Genus

Trichia

Subordinates

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Phormium

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Hypomyces violaceus (J.C. Schmidt ex Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul. 1860

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Polycephalomyces tomentosus (Schrad.) Seifert 1985

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Stilbella Lindau 1900

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Trichia Haller 1768

Notes

Fruiting body a sessile or stalked sporangium, or tubular network across surface of substrate. After the wall of the fruiting body breaks the elastic filaments amongst the spores expand in a tangled mass of very fine filaments. Spore mass initially yellow or brown. Nine species in New Zealand.

Note that only those species listed below have images or descriptions available through the Virtual Mycota.

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

Trichia Haller 1768

Description

Fruiting body a stalked or sessile sporangium (or sometimes plasmodiocarpous). Peridium either membranous or rather thick and often with inclusions, sometimes consisting of two layers. Capillitium elastic, consisting of free elaters, these sometimes branched, the free ends pointed. Spores yellow, yellow-brown or brown.
The genus Trichia contains approximately 30 species worldwide (Lado 2001). Nine species are known from New Zealand.