Physarum, Persoon, 1794

Kryvomaz, Tetiana, Michaud, Alain & Stephenson, Steven L., 2020, Myxomycete biodiversity on five islands of the Seychelles, Zootaxa 4851 (2), pp. 201-244 : 240

Physarum sp. (1 FC, 4 MC, 4 loc, 4 ps)

Loc. 23 Praslin: On fallen palm leaf of Phoenicophorium borsigianum, AM2771 , TK2186.

Distinguishing features of this specimen are the stipite sporocarps with an orange-red stalk and red hypothallus. The stalk is fibrillose, 0.4 mm, matt beige peridium with dark orange base, with white nodes inside. In transmitted light the capillitial nodes are yellowish-greyish, the stalk is red and cup is yellow. Spores 8-8.5 μm in diameter and weakly warted.

Loc. 38b La Digue: On dead spathe fixed to living palm Cocos nucifera, SLS 32197 (MC pH 6.2). On fallen leaves of Calophyllum inophyllum, SLS 32202, (MC pH 6.3), not enough material to determine those specimens. Loc. 44 La Digue: On dry pods fixed to living tree Leucaena leucocephala, SLS 32322 (MC pH 6.4), not enough material to determine this specimen. Loc. 48 Curieuse: On dead spathe fixed to living palm Cocos nucifera, SLS (nc), (MC pH 6.3) not enough material to determine this specimen.