Mosses as spore traps for myxomycetes
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2020-07-06Autor
Stephenson, Steven L.
Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso
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Small-mesh nylon bags filled with autoclaved samples of mosses were placed out in the field in northwest Arkansas and central Costa Rica to assess the extent to which mosses could serve as spore traps for myxomycetes. The bags were suspended from
low hanging tree branches and left in place for more than four months. When the bags were recollected, the mosses were processed for myxomycetes using the moist chamber culture technique. Thirty-eight (95 %) of the moist chamber cultures prepared
with samples of bryophytes from bags placed out in Costa Rica were positive for myxomycetes, and 36 (90 %) of these cultures
produced fruiting bodies. In contrast, only 28 (70 %) of the moist chamber cultures prepared with samples of bryophytes placed
out in northwest Arkansas were positive for myxomycetes, and just 7 (18 %) of these produced fruiting bodies. Sixteen species in
eight genera were represented among the 98 specimens appearing in both sets of cultures. Clearly, mosses are effective at trapping
airborne spores of myxomycetes
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10.12905/0380.sydowia72-2020-0215Colecciones
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