Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

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Name scientific

Diderma cinereum Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 16 154 (1894)

Preferred name

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Taxonomy reference

Lado, C. 2001: Nomenmyx. A nomenclatural taxabase of Myxomycetes. Cuadernos de Trabajo de Flora Micológica Ibérica. 16.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Original authors

Morgan

Authors

Morgan

Publication place

Morgan, A.P. 1894: The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio. III. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 16: 127-156.

Year published

1894

Publication page

154

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Type locality

USA

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Diderma cinereum

Classification

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Eumycetozoa

Class

Myxomycetes

Order

Physarales

Family

Didymiaceae

Genus

Diderma

Species

cinereum

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

has host

Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude

PDD (4 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Collections Examined

None in PDD

Description

Fruiting body a sessile sporangium, gregarious, subglobose, somewhat depressed, 0.3–0.5 mm in diameter. Hypothallus inconspicuous. Peridium consisting of a single layer, thin, smooth, crustose, dehiscence irregular. Columella hemispherical to subglobose, conspicuous, white. Capillitium consisting of slender, dark threads, with pale tips, sparsely branched and anastomosing, more or less separate from the columella. Spores black in mass, dark violaceous grey by transmitted light, minutely warted, 9–11 µm in diameter. Plasmodium unknown.

Distribution

Reported from scattered localities in Asia (Yamamoto 1998), Europe (Ing 1999), and North America (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969) but apparently uncommon. Reported from New Zealand by Stagg (1982), based on a specimen collected on Stewart Island.

Habitat

Decaying wood, dead leaves and other types of plant debris.

Illustrations

Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Ing (1999).

Notes

In the Northern Hemisphere, this species usually fruits in late spring, which is much earlier in the season than the majority of myxomycetes. The specimen on which the New Zealand record is based was collected in early November, which is consistent with this pattern.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)

Lado, C. (2001)

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)

Morgan, A.P. (1894)

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)

Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)

Stagg, B.M.

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)

Stephenson, S.L. (2003)

Global name resources

Index Fungorum - Diderma cinereum

MycoBank - Diderma cinereum Morgan

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Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

[Not available]

Metadata

Record id

5bdb3921-a1de-46f3-9807-dcf19279edf4

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Fungi

Date added

26 August 2002

Date last updated

26 August 2002

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