Amaurochaete
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Amaurochaete is agenus of slime mold fromthe Stemonitidae family . It comprises four types and can be found almost worldwide.
features
The fruiting bodies are cushion-shaped to hemispherical or flat-shaped aethalia . The membranous hypothallus is transparent to dark. The peridium forms an early decaying, thin bark ( cortex ) on the surface of the aethalium .
It is not clear whether the species have a scalp or a pseudocapillitium. It extends from the base to the edge of the aethalium, is bush-shaped in numerous branches of various thicknesses or branches in a reticulate or wavy hair-like manner. The spores are black in bulk.
distribution
The genus is distributed almost worldwide, finds are only missing from sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Despite the wide distribution, the species are rarely found. All types can also be found in German-speaking countries. They colonize living and dead wood, only Amaurochaete trechispora is found in peat moss .
Systematics and research history
The genus was first described by Józef Tomasz Rostafiński in 1873 and comprises four species:
proof
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- ↑ a b c d Hermann Neubert , Wolfgang Nowotny , Karlheinz Baumann , Heidi Marx: The Myxomycetes of Germany and the neighboring Alpine region with special consideration of Austria . tape 3 : Stemonitales . Karlheinz Baumann Verlag, Gomaringen 2000, ISBN 3-929822-02-4 , p. 26-32 .
- ↑ 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. 969 .