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 Reticularia liceoides
SynonymsEnteridium liceoides
Enteridium olivaceum var. liceoides
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
Article: Stephenson, S.L. (2003). Myxomycetes of New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 3: xiv + 238 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Fruiting body an aethalium, vermiform to somewhat ring-shaped or branched (and then appearing plasmodiocarpous), dark brown, dull or shining, 1–10 mm long and about 0.5 mm wide and thick. Hypothallus inconspicuous and not protruding beyond the aethalium. Peridium brown, thin, consisting of two appressed layers, the outer layer at first gelatinous but then drying to become firm, with inclusions, closely adherent to the membranous inner layer. Pseudocapillitium sparse, scanty, consisting of flat pillars, which may be widened at the base and/or the top, and which connect the base to the top of the aethalium. Spores dark brown in mass, clustered, minutely warted on the outside of a cluster, nearly smooth on the inner faces, freed spores subconical or turbinate, 10–12 µm in diameter. Plasmodium pink
Habitat: Decaying wood, especially that of conifers.
Distribution: Widely distributed in Europe and apparently uncommon (or at least rarely reported) elsewhere (Ing 1999). First reported from New Zealand by Macbride (1926), based on a specimen cited without specifying a locality. Rawson (1937) reported this species from Dunedin.
Notes: This species is known from scattered localities in Europe (Ing 1999) but appears to be exceedingly rare or at least overlooked elsewhere
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