First survey for myxomycetes on Mahe island in the Seychelles

Kryvomaz, Tetiana; Michaud, Alain; Stephenson, Steven L.

doi:10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0289

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“…Elevation appeared to have some effect on the distribution of species on Mahé Island, with compositional differences noted for the assemblages recorded at lower, middle, and higher elevations. Rare species collected during their surveys included Cribraria pachydictyon , Echinostelium paucifilum , and Physarum atroviolaceum [ 55 , 56 , 57 ].…”

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Past and Ongoing Field-Based Studies of Myxomycetes

Stephenson

2023

Microorganisms

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Evidence from molecular studies indicates that myxomycetes (also called myxogastrids or plasmodial slime molds) have a long evolutionary history, and the oldest known fossil is from the mid-Cretaceous. However, they were not “discovered” until 1654, when a brief description and a woodcut depicting what is almost certainly the common species Lycogala epidendrum was published. First thought to be fungi, myxomycetes were not universally recognized as completely distinct until well into the twentieth century. Biodiversity surveys for the group being carried out over several years are relatively recent, with what is apparently the first example being carried out in the 1930s. Beginning in the 1980s, a series of such surveys yielded large bodies of data on the occurrence and distribution of myxomycetes in terrestrial ecosystems. The most notable of these were the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) project carried out in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project (PBI) carried out in localities throughout the world, and the Myxotropic project being carried out throughout the Neotropics. The datasets available from both past and ongoing surveys now allow global and biogeographical patterns of myxomycetes to be assessed for the first time.

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Section: Multi-year Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%