 Phylum：Myxomycota >> Class： Dictyosteliomycetes >> Order： Dictyosteliales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Dictyostelium exiguum | |||
| Author： |
Dictyostelium exiguum Hagiwara, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B, 9: 149. 1983. |
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| Description： |
Sorocarps solitary or gregarious, unbranched or sparsely branched. Sorophores colorless, sinuous, tapering from bases to tips, ranging from 1.8 to 6.8 mm, bases clavate, 25-36 μm in diam at a level 50 μm above the bottom, tip capitate or somewhat widened, 9.7-16 μm in diam at a level 50 μm below the tip. Sori white, globose, 50-200 μm in diam. Spores hyaline, ellipsoid, with conspicuous consolidated polar granules, mostly 5.5-7.7 × 2.2-3.3 μm. Pseudoplasmodia with radiate streams, ranging from 0.08-2.6 mm in diam, converging at single center or breaking up into several small aggregation centers. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou : Yeh ZY, Tai 2002-1. |
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| Habitat： |
In forest soils. | |||
| Distribution： |
Nepal and Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Yeh and Chen, 2004. |
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| Provided： |
Z. Y. Yeh. |
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| Note： |
The species is characterized by the small sorocarps, the thick clavate sorophore bases and the small spores. Taiwanese isolates examined in this study have somewhat larger spore size and longer sorophore than the type specimen (Hagiwara 1983). | |||