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Issue: Vol. 644 No. 2: 11 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.2.1
Page range: 79-101
Abstract views: 28
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Critical revision of Physarales and Reticulariales (Myxomycetes) at the Natural History Museum London (BM)

Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Spain
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Spain
The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Current Address: State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany
Fungi Amoebozoa plasmodial slime moulds taxonomy

Abstract

Light and scanning electron microscopy were applied to re-assess diagnostic characters of type specimens and critical specimens of Diachea radiata, D. splendens, D. subsessilis, Diderma arboreum, Didymium. laxifilum, D. leoninum var. effusum, D. trachysporum, D. trochus, Physarum bitectum, P. straminipes, Reticularia intermedia, R. jurana, R. liceoides, R. lobata and Wilczekia evelinae in the order Physarales and Reticulariales (Myxomycetes) from the collections at the Natural History Museum London (BM). The results were used to discuss published data and the type status for specimens studied.

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