| morphology and life cycle of a new species of didymium (myxomycetes) from arid areas of mexico. | a new species of myxomycete, didymium umbilicatum, isolated from the bark of agavaceae, is described from arid zones of mexico. this species was obtained from moist chamber cultures of yucca spp. bark, collected in four different years from two states (puebla and querétaro) in central mexico and found in the field from hidalgo, oaxaca and puebla on the dead remains of agave sp. the new species has small, flat, white sporocarps or short plasmodiocarps, 0.2-1.3 mm diam, and 0.15-0.4 mm tall. they ... | 2016 | 19202846 |