Lindbladia tubulina
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The fruiting bodies of the myxomycete Lindbladia tubulina are often formed on wood of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
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Order: | Liceida |
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Genus: | Lindbladia Fr., 1849
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Species: | L. tubulina
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Lindbladia tubulina Fr. (1849)
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Lindbladia tubulina is a
Characteristics
The
The distinctive, spongy
A capillitium or pseudocapillitium is lacking. The spores are as spore mass ochre to olive brown, in transmitted light faint-coloured. They are round and have a diameter from 5 to 7 µm, but distydian pellets are generally absent. Its surface is sharply sculptured and occasionally produces a reticular structure. In transmitted light they appear finely thorned.[1]
Habitat
Lindbladia tubulina is widely distributed. It has been found in Ceylon, Japan, North America from Canada to Texas, and in Europe from Scandinavia to Portugal. It is not found in the
Classification
The species was first described in 1849 by Elias Magnus Fries. The holotype was found in a collection from Södermanland, Sweden, from 1845 by Matts Adolf Lindblad (1821−1899), who is honoured with the genus name. The specific epithet tubulina refers to the tubular sporangia, of which the pseudoaethalium is composed.[1]
Occasionally, further species in Lindbladia have been characterized, but they have mostly been reduced to synonymy with this species, so the genus is considered
References
- ^ doi:10.2307/3760936.