Stemonitis

Stemonitis is a distinctive genus of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood.[2] The genus was first described by German botanist Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch in 1753. A 2014 estimate suggests that there are 18 species in the genus.[3] Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope or by DNA sequencing. A fossil specimen is known from the Mid Cretaceous (99 ma) Burmese amber.[4]

Stemonitis
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
S. fusca or similar species in the White Mountain National Forest
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Amoebozoa
Infraphylum:
Mycetozoa
Class:
Myxogastria
Order:
Stemonitida
Family:
Stemonitidaceae
Genus:
Stemonitis

Type species
Stemonitis fusca
Roth in Roemer & Usteri (1787) [1]

Species

The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:[5]

  • Stemonitis axifera (Bull.) T.Macbr. (1889)
  • Stemonitis farrensis T. N. Lakh. & Mukerji (1977)
  • Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrenb. (1818)
  • Stemonitis flavogenita E. Jahn (1904)
  • Stemonitis foliicola Ing (1967)
  • Stemonitis fusca Roth (1787)
  • Stemonitis graciliformis Nann.-Bremek., Mukerji & Pasricha (1984)
  • Stemonitis herbatica Peck (1874)
  • Stemonitis inconspicua Nann.-Bremek. (1966)
  • Stemonitis laxifila Nann.-Bremek. & Y. Yamam. (1988)
  • Stemonitis lignicola Nann.-Bremek. (1973)
  • Stemonitis marjana Y. Yamam. (2000)
  • Stemonitis mediterraneensis H.H. Doğan & Eroğlu (2014)[3]
  • Stemonitis mussooriensis G. W. Martin, K. S. Thind & Sohi (1957)
  • Stemonitis nigrescens Rex (1891)
  • Stemonitis pallida Wingate (1899)
  • Stemonitis rhizoideipes Nann.-Bremek., R. Sharma & K. S. Thind (1984)
  • Stemonitis smithii T.Macbr. (1893)
  • Stemonitis splendens Rostaf. (1875)
  • Stemonitis virginiensis Rex (1891)

References
  1. "Genus Record Details: Stemonitis Gled., Method. Fung.: 140 (1753)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  2. Gary Emberger (2008). "Stemonitis sp". Messiah College. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. Doğan HH, Eroğlu G (2014). "A new Stemonitis species from Turkey". Mycotaxon. 129 (2): 293–296. doi:10.5248/129.293.
  4. Rikkinen, Jouko; Grimaldi, David A.; Schmidt, Alexander R. (December 2019). "Morphological stasis in the first myxomycete from the Mesozoic, and the likely role of cryptobiosis". Scientific Reports. 9 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55622-9. ISSN 2045-2322.
  5. "Stemonitis". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved April 12, 2012.


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