Licea pescadorensis Chao H. Chung & C.H. Liu, 1996

Baba, Hayri, Gündoğdu, Fatma & Sevindik, Mustafa, 2021, Myxomycetes biodiversity in Gaziantep Province (Turkey) with four new records, Phytotaxa 478 (1), pp. 105-118 : 108-109

Licea pescadorensis Chao H. Chung & C.H. Liu ( Fig. 2 )

Sporocarps densely gregarious or clustered, sessile, 0.06–0.15 mm diam., subglobose, hemispherical or depressed, deep reddish brown, darkening to almost black when mature; peridium composed of two closely adherent layers, the outer layer gelatinous when wet, containing abundant granular refuse material absorbed from the substrate, the inner layer cartilaginous, brownish. Dehiscence not observed; columella and capillitium not seen; spores globose to ovoid, pale, almost smooth with evenly thickened walls, either globose or ovoid and (7–)8–10 × (6–)7–8 μm diam.

Comments:— Shiny reddish brown to black sporangia of Licea pescadorensis are easily distingushed. Peridium composed of two layers, the outer layer gelatinous, the inner layer cartilaginous, brownish. Some sporangia seem to be wrinkled and become angular or with a ridged peridium, others are not wrinkled and smooth in appearance. Most sporangia are almost black when mature, but some sporangia retain their reddish brown pigmentation. The spores are free, globose, subglobose or ovoid, of variable colour but usually pale, decorated or smooth, and with spore wall of uniform thickness or with a thinner area ( Chung & Liu 1996, Baba & Arslan 2017).

Specimens examined:— Şahinbey, on leaves, Gündoğdu 3; on debris, Gündoğdu 11; on wood, Gündoğdu 16, 20, 62, 93; on bark, Gündoğdu 22, 24, 32; on dead bark and wood, Gündoğdu 7, 21; on eggplant, Gündoğdu 17, 32; on wood and on pomegranate bark, Gündoğdu 5; Nizip, on leaves, Gündoğdu 52; on wood, natural, Gündoğdu 9; Dülükbaba Forest, on wood, Gündoğdu 95; Dülükbaba Forest, on bark and wood, Gündoğdu 93.

Records in Turkey:— North Amanos mountains ( Baba & Arslan 2017).

World distribution:— Taiwan.

Order: Physarales

Family: Didymiaceae

Figures

FIGURE 2. Licea pescadorensis. a. Sporocarps. b. Spores (Baba & Arslan 2017).