Licea

Licea
Systematics
without rank: Amorphea without rank: Amoebozoa without rank: Myxogastria Order : Liceida Family : Liceidae Genre : Licea
Scientific name
Licea
Schrad.

Licea is a genus of slime molds from the Myxogastria group . It comprises at least 30 species and is common in large parts of the world.

features

The fruiting bodies usually consist of small to tiny, sessile or stalked sporangia ; only in the case of Licea variabilis are they large and plasmodiocarp . The peridium is one or two layers, of varying thickness and occasionally develops a dark outer layer on its surface. A pseudocapillitium is absent, as is a scalp . The spores have a thick outer shell and are paler on one side.

distribution

The genus is distributed worldwide, most of the species colonize tree bark. Finds of three species from the tropical rainforest, including two hitherto undescribed, indicate that the leaves of living plants can also be used as habitats, but more detailed studies are lacking.

Systematics and research history

The genus was first described by Heinrich Adolph Schrader in 1797 . Type species is Licea pusilla .

The genus comprises at least 30 species, including the following in Germany alone:

• Licea pusilla
• Licea variabilis
• Licea biforis
• Licea operculata
• Licea pedicellata
• Licea tuberculata
• Licea tenera
• Licea minima
• Licea operculata
• Licea longa
• Licea capitata
• Licea cristallifera
• Licea scyphoides
• Licea kleistobolus
• Licea parasitica
• Licea inconspicua
• Licea denudescens
• Licea marginata
• Licea microscopica
• Licea gloeoderma
• Licea testudinacea
• Licea belmontiana
• Licea nannengae
• Licea deplanata
• Licea castanea
• Licea minima
• Licea pygmaea
• Licea chelenoides
• Licea clarkii

Other types are:

• Licea kayokoae

Individual evidence

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1. ^ ^{A b c} Marie L. Farr: Myxomycetes . In: Flora Neotropica . tape 16 . The New York Botanical Garden, New York 1976, ISBN 0-89327-009-1 , pp. 101 .
2. ↑ Uno H. Eliasson: Myxomycetes on living leaves in the tropical rainforest of Ecuador; an investigation based on the herbarium of higher plants. In: Stapfia. Volume 73, Linz 2000, pp. 81-84, PDF on ZOBODAT
3. ↑ 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 .
4. ^ Leo Flatau: The genus Licea in the Fulda valley near Kassel (Myxomycetes). In: Stapfia. Volume 73, Linz 2000, pp. 63-74, PDF on ZOBODAT
5. ↑ Grazina Adamonyte, David W. Mitchell: Notes on the distribution of Licea clarkii B. Ing (Myxomycetes). In: Stapfia. Volume 73, Linz 2000, pp. 77-80, PDF on ZOBODAT
6. ^ Yukinori Yamamoto: A new species of Licea (Myxomycetes) from Japan. In: Stapfia. Volume 73, Linz 2000, pp. 75-76, PDF on ZOBODAT