Dictydium

Dictydium
	Dictydium cancellatum , Sporangium
Systematics
without rank:	Amorphea
without rank:	Amoebozoa
without rank:	Myxogastria
Order :	Liceida
Family :	Enteridiidae
Genre :	Dictydium
Scientific name
	Dictydium
	Schrad.

Dictydium is a genus of slime molds from the Myxogastria group . It is of three types.

features

The fruiting bodies are usually stalked sporangia , a calyculus may be present or absent. The delicate peridium is reduced to a structure of vertically running, thickened threads that are linked together by extremely fine, translucent cross threads. Sometimes the peridium can also appear reticulate, as in the case of Cribraria species. Mostly dark, clearly visible dictydine granules are found particularly densely on the ribs of the peridia, the calyculus and the spores.

distribution

Dictydium cancellatum is common and widespread worldwide, the other two species are rarely found.

Systematics and research history

The genus was first described by Heinrich Adolph Schrader in 1797 , the type species is Dictydium umbilicum . The genus includes three types:

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 ^c 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 .
^ Marie L. Farr: Myxomycetes . In: Flora Neotropica . tape 16 . The New York Botanical Garden, New York 1976, ISBN 0-89327-009-1 , pp. 101 .

[myc-1] 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 .

[farr-2] Marie L. Farr: Myxomycetes . In: Flora Neotropica . tape 16 . The New York Botanical Garden, New York 1976, ISBN 0-89327-009-1 , pp. 101 .