Minakatella G. Lister, J. Bot.

Lado, Carlos & Basanta, Diana Wrigley De, 2018, Typification of the myxomycete taxa described by the Listers and preserved at the Natural History Museum, London (BM), Phytotaxa 341 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Minakatella G. Lister, J. Bot. 59: 92. 1921

— Typus: Minakatella longifila G. Lister, J. Bot. 59: 92. 1921

— Typus specimen: JAPAN. Kii Peninsula, Wakayama Prefecture, Tanabe , 33º44’N 135º23’E, on bark of living Diospyros kaki , 24 Aug 1917, Kumagusu Minakata ( BM 4058 !, BM001062135 ) .

[BM] 4058 / Minakatella longifila / G. Lister/ On bark of living Diospyros kaki / Tanabe, Kii, Japan, Aug.24.1917/ leg. Kumagusu Minakata/ BM001062135 [sheet label dated: 3 FEB.1927].

NOTES: This is a monospecific genus from the Arcyriaceae family, with the distinctive characters being, sessile fructifications, heaped, more or less united into a pseudo-aethalium, and the capillitium forming a coil, nearly smooth flattened tubular threads. It is named after Kumagusu Minakata, the Japanese myxomycete scholar who discovered the species. The type species is Minakatella longifila G. Lister (see notes under this species).