Sample #7: Trichia
varia
Figure 1: early-stage sporophyte of Trichia varia; darkening stepa evident
Figure 2: sporophyte formation on the dead wood substrate
Figure 3: formations of typical speckled bands on the stem of the sporophyte, indicating an early-stage growth
Phylum: Myxomycota
Family: Trichiaceae
Collection Date: 20 October, 2016
Collector: Kristen Maslach
Habitat: dead wood
Location: rotted stump, Hiram, Ohio
Description: crowded sporophyte; stoat short stalk (has yet
to turn black); sporothecia globulose, yellow and .5-.9mm wide; simple hard to
see membranes; white or clear plasmodium; pictures believed to be of an early
sporophyte stage
Key Used: Rollins, Adam and Steven Stevenson . Slime Molds of Great Smoky Mountain National
Park, University of Arkansas. In
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Steps to Key:
Bright
spore mass
Genus/species
by visual identification
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