Cornuvia (Myxomycetes: Trichiales), a new genus for Mexico

The first field collections of Cornuvia serpula (Wigand) Rostaf. from the Neotropics are reported herein. They were recovered from accumulated leaf litter of Quercus sp. in a cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico. This paper includes a full taxonomic description based on the Mexican specimens and is suppo...

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Main Authors: Arturo Estrada-Torres, Diana Wrigley-de Basanta, Carlos Lado, María Mercedes Rodríguez-Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2015-05-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
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Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1090
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Summary:The first field collections of Cornuvia serpula (Wigand) Rostaf. from the Neotropics are reported herein. They were recovered from accumulated leaf litter of Quercus sp. in a cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico. This paper includes a full taxonomic description based on the Mexican specimens and is supported by micrographs obtained from light and scanning electron microscope examinations. Some comments on the ecology of the species based on information in the literature and from observations of the field collected specimens are included.
ISSN:1870-3453
2007-8706