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Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

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Diderma cinereum Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 16 154 (1894)
Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894
Lado, C. 2001: Nomenmyx. A nomenclatural taxabase of Myxomycetes. Cuadernos de Trabajo de Flora Micológica Ibérica. 16.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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Morgan
Morgan
Morgan, A.P. 1894: The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio. III. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 16: 127-156.
1894
154
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Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894
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Diderma cinereum

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Protozoa
Eumycetozoa
Myxomycetes
Physarales
Didymiaceae
Diderma
cinereum

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Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude
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Stephenson, S.L. 2003: Myxomycetes of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 3. Fungal Diversity Press.

Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894

None in PDD
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.
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.
Decaying wood, dead leaves and other types of plant debris.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Ing (1999).
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.

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Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894
Diderma cinereum Morgan (1894)
Lado, C. (2001)
Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894
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)

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Diderma cinereum Morgan 1894
New Zealand
Auckland
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26 August 2002
26 August 2002
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