Ophiotheca aff. pedata (Lister & G. Lister) García-Cunch., J.C. Zamora & Lado

Montes, José Rubén, Lado, Carlos, López-Ortiz, Nelly María & Estrada-Torres, Arturo, 2025, Desert Protists unveiled: Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) diversity in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Chihuahuan Desert’s arid refugia, Phytotaxa 715 (1), pp. 1-31 : 16

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.715.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17110932

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scientific name

Ophiotheca aff. pedata (Lister & G. Lister) García-Cunch., J.C. Zamora & Lado
status

 

Ophiotheca aff. pedata (Lister & G. Lister) García-Cunch., J.C. Zamora & Lado [0, 2]

Fig. 32 View FIGURES 32–39. 32

Loc 11: On Y sp. debris, JRM126, 12 May 2009, (mc, pH = 7.5), JRM198, 13 September 2008, (mc, pH = 7.6).

This specimen is characterized by the globose, sub-stipitate sporocarps ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27–31. 27 ), 0.9–1.2 mm diam., bright yellow, with dehiscence by polygonal plates. The capillitium scanty, with irregular tubular threads, and short spiny at the surface. Spores are globose and verrucose, 10.9–12.7 diam. Mapimí specimens appear to be closer to O. pedata (≡ Perichaena pedata ) by the kind of dehiscence, capillitium ornamentation and reminiscent stipes, yet the spore size does not coincide with this species (9–10 diam.) ( Mitchell 2001). If confirmed, this collection would be the second record of O. pedata for Mexico.

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Mycetozoa

Class

Myxomycetes

Order

Trichiales

Family

Arcyriaceae

Genus

Ophiotheca

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