Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cribraria microcarpa (Schrad.) Pers. Syn. Fung. 190. 1801
Dictydium microcarpum Schrad. Nov. Gen. PI. 13. 1797. Trichia microcarpa Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 8: 54. 1808.
Sporangia scattered, yellow-ochraceous, globose, stipitate, nodding, 0.1-0.3 mm. in diameter; cup none, the net arising directly from the stalk, the meshes large, mostly rectangular, a few triangular; the nodes thickened, rounded, small, dark brown, granular; the connecting threads stout, transparent, with few or no free ends; stalk dark purplish-brown ,0.5-2 mm. long or more, furrowed, slender, tapering upward; spores ochraceous in mass, pale by transmitted light, minutely spinulose, 6-7 /* in diameter; Plasmodium colorless or dingy.
Type locality: Germany.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Throughout North America; Europe; Asia.
- 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
