Prototrichia Rostaf. 1876

Details

Name scientific

Prototrichia Rostaf., Sluzowce Monogr., Dodat. 38 (1876)

Preferred name

Prototrichia Rostaf. 1876

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

Rostaf.

Authors

Rostaf.

Publication place

Rostafińsky, J.T. (ed) 1876: Śluzowce Monografia, Dodatek.

Year published

1876

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Prototrichia Rostaf. 1876

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Prototrichia

Classification

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Eumycetozoa

Class

Myxomycetes

Order

Trichiales

Family

Trichiaceae

Genus

Prototrichia

Subordinates

Prototrichia metallica

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Prototrichia Rostaf. 1876

Notes

Fruiting body a sessile sporangium, wall thin, transparent. Spore mass initially pink, then brown. One 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.

Prototrichia Rostaf. 1876

Description

Fruiting body a sessile or rarely short-stalked sporangium (occasionally somewhat subplasmodiocarpous). Peridium thin, transparent. Capillitium of solid threads, smooth, faintly sculptured or with distinct spiral bands, often twisted about each other. Spores first pink and then brown in mass, pink and then yellow by transmitted light.
Prototrichia is a monotypic genus and contains only a single species (Lado 2001), which has been reported for New Zealand.