Tubifera applanata
Appearance
Tubifera applanata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Liceales |
Family: | Tubiferaceae |
Genus: | Tubifera |
Species: | T. applanata
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Binomial name | |
Tubifera applanata D.V. Leontyev & K.A. Fefelov, 2012 [1]
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Tubifera applanata is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria. It forms 2 to 7 cm wide "pseudoaethelia" (mass of sporangia) that are rust-red in color. They are found growing on damp, dead wood in temperate forests, including where it was first documented, which was on a log of Pinus sylvestris in Ukraine.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tubifera applanata". MYCOBANK Database. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Tubifera applanata Leontyev & Fefelov". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2022-02-23.