Phylum:Myxomycota >> Class: Dictyosteliomycetes >> Order: Dictyosteliales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Dictyostelium delicatum | |||
Author: | Dictyostelium delicatum Hagiwara, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 14: 359. 1971. |
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Description: | Sorocarps gregarious or solitary, usually sparsely and irregularly branched, sometimes bearing 6 or more crowed branches, erect or prostrate. Sorophores colorless, sinuous, 0.65-7.8 (-12.0) mm in length, gradually tapering from bases to tips, bases clavate to acuminate, 19.4-33.2 μm in diam at a level 50μm above the bottom, tips clavate, compound, 11.2-27.7 μm in diam at a level 50 μm below the top. Sori white, globose, 20-280 μm in diam. Spores hyaline, oblong to elliptical, usually 1.7-2.4 times longer than broad, mostly 5.7-9.3 × 2.5-5.5 μm, with conspicuous consolidated polar granules. Pseudoplasmodia radial, 0.5-6.8 mm in diam, centralized or subdivided, migrating with sorophore formation. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei: Wulai, alt. 600 m, Tai 2000-1, Yangmingshan, alt. 400 m, Tai 2000-2; Tauyuan: Takuanshan, alt. 1600 m, Tai 2000-3; and Hsinchu, alt. 500 m, Tai 2000-4. |
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Habitat: | In forest soils. | |||
Distribution: | Japan, Nepal and Taiwan. |
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References: | Hsu, SL et al. 2001. |
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Provided: | Z. Y. Yeh. |
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Note: | The delicate sorophores with sparse and irregular branches are characteristics of this species. | |||