Lycogala

Lycogala
	Blood milk fungus ( Lycogala epidendrum )
Systematics
without rank:	Amorphea
without rank:	Amoebozoa
without rank:	Myxogastria
Order :	Liceida
Family :	Enteridiidae
Genre :	Lycogala
Scientific name
	Lycogala
	Micheli

Lycogala is a genus of slime molds in the order of the Liceida that consists of only a few species. Their best known and most common representative is the blood milk fungus ( Lycogala epidendrum ).

description

The fruiting bodies are round to conical or also pillow-shaped ethers , usually strongly tapered at the base, but sessile. The outer layer ( cortex ) is coarse, brittle or tough, smooth or marked with warts or scales that pattern the surface like a network. The colorless pseudocapillitium is branched, sculptured almost smooth to warty or wrinkled. The spore mass is dark brown, gray or bright pink, the spores measure 5 to 8 micrometers in diameter.

Distribution and systematics

The genus is distributed worldwide and mostly inhabits rotten wood. It was first described by Pier Antonio Micheli in 1729 , the type species is Lycogala epidendrum . The genus includes only a few species, including:

Blood milk fungus ( Lycogala epidendrum )
Lycogala flavofuscum
Lycogala conicum
Lycogala fuscoviolaceum
Lycogala exiguum
Lycogala confusum
Lycogala terrestre

proof

↑ 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. 961-964 .
^ Marie L. Farr: Myxomycetes . In: Flora Neotropica . tape 16 . The New York Botanical Garden, New York 1976, ISBN 0-89327-009-1 , pp. 34 .
↑ Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of Mycology. 2nd Edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 , p. 190.

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[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. 961-964 .

[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. 34 .

[3] Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of Mycology. 2nd Edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 , p. 190.