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Mitchell, D.W., 1980

A key to the Corticolous Myxomycetes

Keys to these small myxomycetes which appear on bark cultured in a damp chamber.

First published in 3 parts in the Bulletin of The British Mycological Society

Available for download from the resources section of the BMS website.

Publisher	British Mycological Society (BMS)
Pages	63
Web site	http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources.asp?Cat=Keys%20to%20Fungi
Coverage	The corticolous species are well-covered.
Illustrations	Pages of line and stipple drawings of fruitbodies and microscopy.
Identify	Under a Stereo Microscope (also useful to examine under a Compound Microscope).
Specimen Prep.	Corticolous myxomycetes are found by culturing bark in a damp chamber. Slide preps needed for identification.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

ACRASIOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (acrasid cellular slime moulds)	Identification		Current
MYXOMYCOTA Traub, 1962 (slime moulds)	Identification		Current

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