Physarina

Physarina
Systematics
without rank:	Amorphea
without rank:	Amoebozoa
without rank:	Myxogastria
Order :	Physarida
Family :	Didymiidae
Genre :	Physarina
Scientific name
	Physarina
	Heck.

Physarina is a common in Asia and Mexico species of slime molds the myxogastria . It is of three types.

features

The fruiting bodies are stalked sporocarps . The peridium consists of two closely connected layers that enclose lime in an amorphous form. The outer layer is coated with a thin film of slime when it is damp and has many calcareous, cylindrical-conical or scale-shaped protuberances.

The scalp is free of lime. The spores are black-brown in mass, violet to gray-brown in transmitted light.

distribution

Physarina is rare and only found in Asia (Japan, Java, Thailand, India) and Mexico.

Systematics and research history

The genus was first described in 1909 by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel , the type species is Physarina echinocephala . Physarina includes three types:

Physarina echinocephala (Java, Thailand)
Physarina echinospora (India, Mexico)
Physarina alboscabra (Japan)

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 ^d 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.
↑ 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. 978 .

[neu-1] 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.

[myc-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. 978 .