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 Badhamia foliicola
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
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Caption: streaming plasmodium
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | |
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 a sporangium, sessile or stalked (or sometimes forming short plasmodiocarps), gregarious–crowded. Sporotheca subglobose or ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm in diameter. Stalk, when present, short, weak, yellowish. Peridium consisting of a single layer, thin, rugulose, sparingly calcareous, iridescent grey, white or hyaline when empty. Columella absent. Capillitium a uniform network of slender, delicate, limy or nearly limeless tubules. Spores free, yellow-brown by transmitted light, minutely warted, 11–12 µm in diameter. Plasmodium yellowish white to yellow or orange.
Habitat: Leaf litter and other types of plant debris.
Distribution: This species is known from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia (Martin & Alexopoulos 1969). Reported from New Zealand by Mitchell (1992), based on specimens collected in Wellington and North Canterbury
Notes: The fruiting bodies of Badhamia foliicola tend to be smaller than those of most other species in the genus. Moreover, none of the other species with small fruiting bodies is characterized by free spores and a peridium with relatively little lime present.
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