Fungi Fungi Name Index (FNI)

Showing Lepidoderma cristatosporum
Didymiaceae
Lepidoderma cristatosporum G.Moreno, López-Vill., S.L.Stephenson & A.Castillo , legitimate, scientific
Moreno, G., López-Villalba, A., Stephenson, S.L. & Castillo, A. (2018), Lepidoderma cristatosporum, a new species of myxomycete from Australia. Mycoscience 59(5): 387, figs, 1-2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type: AUSTRALIA, Macquarie Island, Hasselborough Bay (54°30'04"S, 158°54'29"E), on root mat and bryophytes, subantarctic herbfield, 5 Apr 1995, S.L.S. 19960, holotype in AH 46110."
  • Text: identifier: MB 819359
  • Etymology: "The epithet cristatosporum refers to the crested spore ornamentation. Cristatus (Latin adj. A) = adjectival prefix indicating crested, and -sporum (Latin nom. B) = suffix indicating spore."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]