Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Licea fimicola Dearness & Bisby in Bisby, Buller & Dearness,
Fungi Manit. 52. 1929.
Sporangia scattered or gregarious, spindle-shaped and then frequently erect to oval, or rounded and pulvinate, 0.1-0.5 mm. high, 0.05-0.2 mm. wide; peridium membranous, shining, smooth, reddish-purple at first, becoming black; dehiscence irregular or by a longitudinal slit; sporemass dingy to dark; spores by transmitted light hyaline, smooth, with a thick wall and faint pinkish contents, 11-15 ti in diameter; Plasmodium pale pink.
13 Typb locality: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Habitat: On old dung in a culture chamber.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- George Willard Martin, Harold William Rickett. 1949. FUNGI; MYXOMYCETES; CERATIOMYXALES, LICEALES, TEICHIALES, STEMONITALES, PHYSARALES. North American flora. vol 1. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
