Craterium

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Craterium
Unknown craterium species in Himachal Pradesh, India

Unknown craterium type in Himachal Pradesh, India

Systematics
without rank: Amorphea
without rank: Amoebozoa
without rank: Myxogastria
Order : Physarida
Family : Physaridae
Genre : Craterium
Scientific name
Craterium
Trentep.

Craterium is a cosmopolitan species of slime molds the myxogastria . It includes 15 species.

features

The fruiting bodies are approximately sessile to stalked sporocarps of spherical, chalice or cup-shaped shape. The peridium consists of one or two fused layers, the upper half of which is usually delimited like a lid, so that a deep cup remains after opening.

The almost always physaroid, only in Craterium obovatum badhamoide capillitium, consists of calcareous nodes that are connected to each other by translucent threads, the nodes usually cluster in the center of the fruiting body to form a pseudocolumella . Occasionally a columella is also found. The spores are dark brown to black in mass, with warty or reticulate burrs on the surface.

distribution

Craterium has been recorded worldwide, nine species are found in German-speaking countries. The most common type is Craterium leucocephalum .

Systematics and research history

The genus was in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Trentepohl firstdescribed, type species is originally as Craterium pedunculatum first described Craterium minutum .

Craterium leucocephalum on foliage

Craterium includes 15 types:

proof

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Hermann Neubert, Wolfgang Nowotny, Karlheinz Baumann, Heidi Marx: The Myxomycetes of Germany and the neighboring Alpine region with special consideration of Austria. Vol. 2, Karlheinz Baumann Verlag, Gomaringen 2000, ISBN 3-929822-01-6 , p. 187.
  2. ↑ 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. 977 .