Didymium arenosum, a myxomycete new to science from the confluence of deserts in northwestern China
Shuwei Wei,
Shu Li,
Pu Liu
et al.
Abstract:A new myxomycete species, Didymium arenosum, was described based on morphological evidence and phylogenetic analyses. The species was discovered in the arid region at the confluence of the Badain Jaran desert and Tengger desert on the leaves of Betula platyphylla and was cultivated in a moist chamber culture. Morphologically, the species is distinguished by the greenish-yellow calcium carbonate crystals on the surface and the spores covered with small warts, some of which are connected into a short line. A phy… Show more
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