AuthorIng, B.
Year2003
TitleSnowline myxomycetes in Britain
TypePaper
How CompleteAll the British snowline species known at the time
SourceField Mycology Vol 4 (1): 7-14.
IllustrationsColour photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

An account of the small group of myxomycetes that appear on vegetation in alpine regions (mainly Scotland) after the snow melts. The species recorded in Britain are listed with shot notes on their occurrence and habitat.

Includes a key to snowline myomycetes in Britain.

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMicroscopy of spores and capillitium
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentDidermaa genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Physarida: Didymiaceae
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentDidymiuma genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Physarida: Didymiaceae
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentLepidodermaa genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Physarida: Didymiaceae
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentPhysaruma genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Physarida: Physaraceae
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentLamprodermaa genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Stemonitida: Stemonitidaceae
For identification, (Snowline species)CurrentDianemaa genus of slime mouldsProtozoa: Trichiida: Dianemataceae
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