Lamproderma muscorum (Lév.) Hagelst., Mycologia

Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, Phytotaxa 624 (1), pp. 1-92 : 47

85. Lamproderma muscorum (Lév.) Hagelst., Mycologia 27(1): 88 (1935)

Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Huaraz, Jirac, route PE-14, km 97, 3529 m, 9º33′04.0”S, 77º40′23.9”W, 17 Apr 2013, twigs, Lado 22703b (MA-Fungi 94962). Independencia, Huaraz, route AN-139, km 12,5, 3690 m, 9º29′29”S, 77º28′24”W, 9 May 2018, leaves of Alnus acuminata, Lado 26178b (MA-Fungi 96983). Huari, near to Cahuish tunnel, route AN- 110, 28 km southeast of Chavín , 4326 m, 9º41′24”S, 77º14′41”W, 22 May 2014, leaves of Gynoxys sp. and bryophytes, Lado 23753 (MA-Fungi 95407) .

Notes. Lamproderma muscorum has short stalks and spores ornamented with unevenly distributed spinules. It may be confused with L. scintillans , differing by the stalk length, reaching 2/3 of the total height of the sporocarp in L. muscorum , from 2/3 to 4/ 5 in L. scintillans ( Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991) . Besides, the capillitium at the base and periphery is very pale in L. scintillans , while the capillitium colour is uniform in L. muscorum .