Myxomycetes associated with arid habitats in northeastern South Australia

Title
Myxomycetes associated with arid habitats in northeastern South Australia
Publication Date
2020
Author(s)
Stephenson, Steven L
Kaur, Gurpreet
Payal, Nazrana
Elliott, Todd F
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-7040
Email: tellio20@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:tellio20
Vernes, Karl
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-9950
Email: kvernes@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kvernes
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Australasia
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1080/03721426.2020.1779429
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/30498
Abstract
The myxomycetes associated with samples of dead plant material collected from arid habitats in northeastern South Australia were investigated with the use of the moist chamber culture technique. Since myxomycetes are usually associated with relatively moist conditions, one would not anticipate them to be very common in arid areas. However, 69% of the cultures prepared yielded some evidence (either plasmodia or fruiting bodies) of myxomycetes. A total of 26 species of myxomycetes representing 10 different genera were recorded, including one species (Licea succulenticola) not previously reported from Australia and 11 others that appear to represent new records for South Australia. The distribution of the myxomycetes associated with substrates in arid areas of northeastern South Australia is discussed.
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Citation
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 144(2), p. 139-153
ISSN
2204-0293
0372-1426
1324-1788
Start page
139
End page
153

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