Calonema
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Calonema is a genus of slime molds from the order of the Trichiida . It includes four types.
features
The stalked or sessile fruiting bodies are sporocarps and are usually found in loose to dense groups. The capillitium consists of individual threads that have grown together to form an incomplete network, which are weakly sculpted; they are networked, irregularly ring-shaped or spiral. Their ends are often fused at the base and the peridium .
The peridium is thin, branched and veined and tears open unevenly during the ripening time to release the spores. The spores are yellow.
distribution
Finds are known from Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands), Asia (Japan, India) and North America (USA).
Systematics and research history
The genus was first described by Andrew Price Morgan in 1893 , the type species is Calonema aureum . The genus includes four species:
proof
Footnotes directly behind a statement cover the individual statement, footnotes directly behind a punctuation mark the entire preceding sentence. Footnotes after a space refer to the entire preceding paragraph.
- ↑ 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. 968 .
- ^ A b David W. Mitchell: World inventory of myxomycete species - Descriptions and taxonomic references. , 2010 edition, DVD
- ^ A b Hermann Neubert , Wolfgang Nowotny , Karlheinz Baumann : The Myxomycetes of Germany and the neighboring Alpine region with special consideration of Austria . tape 1 . Karlheinz Baumann Verlag, Gomaringen 1993, ISBN 3-929822-00-8 , p. 225-226 .