Past and Ongoing Field-Based Studies of Myxomycetes

SL Stephenson - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Evidence from molecular studies indicates that myxomycetes (also called myxogastrids or
plasmodial slime molds) have a long evolutionary history, and the oldest known fossil is from …

Tasmaniomyxa umbilicata, a new genus and new species of myxomycete from Tasmania

SJ Lloyd, DV Leontyev, G Moreno, ÁL Villalba… - Mycologia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new genus and species of myxomycete, Tasmaniomyxa umbilicata, is
described based on numerous observations in Tasmania and additional records from …

Thin film structural color is widespread in slime molds (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa)

V Bauernfeind, A Ronikier, M Ronikier, G Kozlowski… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Brilliant colors in nature arise from the interference of light with periodic nanostructures
resulting in structural color. While such biological photonic structures have long attracted …

Allorecognition behaviors in Myxomycetes respond to intraspecies factors

M Masui, PK Yamamoto, N Kono - Biology Open, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Myxomycetes are multinucleate unicellular organisms. They form a Plasmodium that moves
by protoplasmic flow and prey on microorganisms. When encountering intraspecifics, the …

[HTML][HTML] Using barcoding to reveal ecological patterns of nivicolous myxomycetes in the German Alps: How do they deal with varying snow conditions?

M Inoue, J Woyzichovski, Á López-Villalba, O Shchepin… - Fungal Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
A transect in the German limestone Alps was monitored over ten years for nivicolous
myxomycetes to test if species display stable altitudinal belts for fruiting. The data set …

[HTML][HTML] Two New Species of the Genus Diderma (Physarales, Didymiaceae) in China with an Addition to the Distribution

X Li, Y Tuo, Y Li, J Hu, FL Sossah, D Dai, M Liu, Y Guo… - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
Myxomycetes are an important component of terrestrial ecosystems, and in order to
understand their diversity and phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic issues need to be …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcodes reliably differentiate between nivicolous species of Diderma (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa) and reveal regional differences within Eurasia

ON Shchepin, ÁL Villalba, M Inoue, IS Prikhodko… - Protist, 2024 - Elsevier
The nivicolous species of the genus Diderma are challenging to identify, and there are
several competing views on their delimitation. We analyzed 102 accessions of nivicolous …

Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa

KD Hyde, MA Abdel-Wahab… - …, 2023 - repozytorium.bg.ug.edu.pl
The series Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa (including fossil fungi) commenced with its
first publication in 2020, has garnered over 450 citations to date, and is proving to be a very …

[HTML][HTML] Diachea racemosa (Myxomycetes= Myxogastrea): a new species with cespitose sporocarps from southern Vietnam and its position within the phylogenetic …

YK Novozhilov, IS Prikhodko, FM Bortnikov… - Protistology, 2023 - cyberleninka.ru
A new species of dark-spored myxomycetes is described from specimens collected in
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park (Dalat Plateau, southern Vietnam) on cushions of mosses …

Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru part III: the high andes and the altiplano.

I Treviño-Zevallos, I García-Cunchillos, DW de Basanta… - 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The results obtained from a survey for Myxomycetes in the Peruvian Andes (between 3,000
and 5,000 m asl) are reported. This survey is based on 3,352 identifiable collections of …