TY -JOUR
AU -Chin-Hui Liu and Ya-Fen Chen
TI -Myxomycetes of Taiwan XI: Two New Species of Physarum
PY -1998
DA -0000-00-00
JO -Taiwania
VL -43
IS -3
SP -185
EP -192
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/118
AB -Two new species of Physarm are reported and illustrated by colored photos and scanning electron micrography. Physarum obpyriforme Liu & Chen sp. Nov. was found in Nanjenshan forest, Kenting National Park, sourthern part of Taiwan. This species is characterized by the pear-shaped or ovoid, more or less laterally compressed, yellow fructification which is sessile with a constricted base. P. cremiluteum Chen & Liu sp. Nov. was collected in the forest of Mt. Shamoa in the vicinity of Taipei. This speceis is diagnosed by the creamy yellow sporangia and lime nodes, the whitish and calcareous stalk, the presence of limeless disc at the base of sporangia, and lacking of columella. Type specimens of these two species are deposited in the Mycological Herbarium of the Botany Department, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
DO -10.6165/tai.1998.43(3).185