Dianema nivale – A Myxomycete (Amoebozoa) new to the Antarctic

Myxomycetes in the Antarctic: A review

“…The greatest number of records was made in the continental part, with seven species from the Antarctic Peninsula (Horak 1966, Ing & Smith 1983, Arambarri & Spinedi 1989. In maritime Antarctica two species were found in the South Shetland archipelago, one on Nelson Island (Putzke et al 2004), and another on Elephant Island (Velloso et al 2020); located Table 1. Myxomycetes found in Antarctica, with locality of the collection and substrate.…”

“…Pers., collected in moss fields on Nelson Island, with exsiccate deposited in the herbarium HCB. After almost 20 years without new citations for the Antarctic myxobiota, Velloso et al (2020) recorded the occurrence of Dianema nivale (Meyl.) G. Lister, collected during the austral summer of 2018 on Elephant Island, Stinker Point, 15 meters south of Goeldi Refuge; the exsiccate was listed under the number UFP 87,395 in the myxomycete collection of the Geraldo Mariz herbarium, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil.…”