Licea belmontiana Nannenga-Bremekamp (1966: 337)

Bortnikov, Fedor M., Gmoshinskiy, Vladimir I. & Novozhilov, Yuri K., 2022, Species of Licea Schrad. (Myxomycetes) in Kedrovaya Pad State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Far East, Russia), including two new species, Phytotaxa 541 (1), pp. 21-48 : 26-27

Licea belmontiana Nannenga-Bremekamp (1966: 337) . Fig. 3 .

Description:—Sporocarps scattered or in sparse groups, sessile, polygonal, 45–75 (–105) µm in diameter, dark brown (56 to 59), somewhat shiny. Peridium with small amount of granular inclusions, translucent, pale yellowish-brown (89 to 76) by transmitted light. Margins of peridial plates often uneven or minutely crenulate, without warts and tubercles. Dehiscence along preformed ridges. Spores dark brown in mass, light olive-brown (94) with a pale area by transmitted light, (10.3–) 11.7–13.3 (–14.0) µm in diameter, smooth.

Material examined:— LOC 2 (MYX 11323), LOC 39 (MYX 11326) .

Habitat:—bark of living trees ( Chosenia arbutifolia ), pH: 7.09–7.31 (n = 2).

Notes:—This species can be recognized by small, slightly shiny sporocarps, peridial plates without warts and outgrowths, and smooth spores approximately 13 µm in diameter ( Nannenga-Bremekamp 1966).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Licea belmontiana (MYX11323). a–f: Sporocarps. g: Sporocarp by TL. h–k: Spores and peridium by TL. Scale bars: a–g = 50 µm, h–k = 20 µm.