Diachea leucopodia growing in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2018).
Diachea leucopodia in Covena, Georgia (5/30/1966).
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Lance Biechele
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Look for this distinctive myxomycete on brush piles. When fruiting, the sporangia may extend several centimeters on sticks and refuse (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).
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Diachea leucopodia growing in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2018).
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Jesse Christopherson.
Diachea leucopodia in Covena, Georgia (5/30/1966).
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Lance Biechele.
Source: Wikipedia
| Diachea leucopodia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Stemonitidales |
| Family: | Stemonitidaceae |
| Genus: | Diachea |
| Species: | D. leucopodia
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| Binomial name | |
| Diachea leucopodia (Bull.) Rostaf.
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Diachea leucopodia is a species of slime mold of the family Didymiaceae.[1] It is characterized by black or dark-brown spores, as well as an iridescent peridium, which occurs in younger species and does not always persist into maturity. Diachea leucopodia are often found on, in some reports, plant matter, strawberries, and surrounding inorganic matter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "ITIS standard report - Diachea leucopodia (Bull.) Rostaf". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Lee, Jung Han; Han, Ki Soo; Bae, Dong Won; Kim, Dong Kil; Kim, Hee Kyu (2008). "Identification of Diachea leucopodia on Strawberry from Greenhouse in Korea". Mycobiology. 36 (3): 143. doi:10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.3.143. ISSN 1229-8093. PMC 3755183. PMID 23997614.