Myxomycetes of Chihuahua (Mexico) 4. Central plains of the Chihuahuan desert

摘要

Collections of myxomycetes gathered in field and cultivated in moist chamber cultures from samples collected in 10 localities in the central plains of the Chihuahuan desert were studied. Of the 37 species identified, eight (Badhamia spinispora, B. verrucospora, Comatricha ellae, Didymium tehuacanense, Echinostelium paucifilum, Lycogala exiguum, Physarum apiculosporum, and P. spectabile) represent new records for Chihuahua. Badhamia verrucospora, Echinostelium paucifilum, and Physarum apiculosporum are recorded for the first time from Mexico.