Phylum:Myxomycota >> Class: Protosteliomycetes >> Order: Protosteliales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides | |||
Author: | Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides (Alb. & Schw.) A. Lister, A Monograph of the Mycet. ed. 2. 26. 1911. Ceratium porioides Alb. & Schw., Consp. Fung., 359. 1805. |
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Description: | Fructifications sessile, honeycomb like, white. Spores borne individually on slender stipes, colorless by transmitted light, ovoid to eliptical, 5-7 × 9-10 μm in diameter, varying in few to subglobose or globose, then 6-7 μm in diameter. | |||
Specimens: | Taipei County: Shihding, Wenshan Botanical Garden of National Taiwan Univ., 7 June 1999, Yang A6-29. |
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Habitat: | Dead wood, bark of living trees. | |||
Distribution: | North America, Europe, South Africa, Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan). |
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References: | Lister, G.. 1925; Tsai, YY and Liu, CH. 1997. |
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Provided: | C. H. Liu |
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Note: | The honeycomb-like fruiting bodies that superficially resembles a minute polypore is distinct separating this taxon from the other varieties of Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. | |||