Trichiidae

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Trichiidae
Trichia botrytis

Trichia botrytis

Systematics
Domain : Eukaryotes (eukaryota)
without rank: Amorphea
without rank: Amoebozoa
without rank: Myxogastria
Order : Trichiida
Family : Trichiidae
Scientific name
Trichiidae
Rostaf.

The Trichiidae are the larger of the two families of slime molds in the order of the Trichiida . It comprises twelve genera with a total of around 80 species. The family is spread around the world.

features

The fruiting bodies are sporangia or plasmodiocarp (in Metatrichia pseudoaethalia ), the peridium has one or two layers and is whole or permanent as a calyx attachment. The simple or branched capillary filaments usually measure more than 2 micrometers in diameter, are tubular and hollow on the inside, the surface is not smooth.

Systematics

The Trichiidae were first described as a tribe in 1873 by Józef Tomasz Rostafiński . The family comprises twelve genera with a total of around 80 species.

proof

  1. ^ A b Marie L. Farr: Myxomycetes . In: Flora Neotropica . tape 16 . The New York Botanical Garden, New York 1976, ISBN 0-89327-009-1 , pp. 58-59 .
  2. a b Michael J. Dykstra, Harold W. Keller: Mycetozoa In: John J. Lee, GF Leedale, P. Bradbury (Eds.): An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa . tape 2 . Allen, Lawrence 2000, ISBN 1-891276-23-9 , pp. 965-967 .