The description and laboratory cultivation of Arcyria elaterensis, a new species of Myxomycetes [Fungi]

Arcyria elaterensis was obtained from horse dung in a moist chamber culture and is described as a new species. It is characterized by the presence of both elaters and netted capillitium with faint spiral ornamentations. The species is only the third known in the genus to have completed its life cycl...

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Published in:Mycologia 1977-07, Vol.69 (4), p.693-700
Main Author: Mulleavy, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Feces
Germination
Horses
New species
Plant growth
Sporangia
Spore germination
Spores
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Summary:Arcyria elaterensis was obtained from horse dung in a moist chamber culture and is described as a new species. It is characterized by the presence of both elaters and netted capillitium with faint spiral ornamentations. The species is only the third known in the genus to have completed its life cycle in agar culture.
ISSN:0027-5514
1557-2536
DOI:10.1080/00275514.1977.12020113