Comatricha nodulifera Wollman & Alexop., Canad. J. Bot.

Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, Phytotaxa 624 (1), pp. 1-92 : 15

23. º Comatricha nodulifera Wollman & Alexop., Canad. J. Bot. 46(2): 157 (1968)

Specimen examined. PERU. Moquegua: Mariscal Nieto, Torata , route PE-34D, km 76, 4130 m, 16º58′45.0”S, 70º41′29.9”W, 7 Oct 2012, bark of Polylepis rugulosa, Lado 22181 (MA-Fungi 94735) .

Notes. The nodules or globular widenings in the capillitium become noticeable towards the periphery. This specimen ( Fig. 3A ) fructified in the natural habitat. Known from U.S.A., India and France ( Poulain et al. 2011), it has been recorded for the first time in the Neotropics, inhabiting the bark of Polylepis trees in the department of Moquegua.

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FIGURE 3. A. Sporocarp of Comatricha nodulifera (MA-Fungi 94735). B. Craterium rubronodum (MA-Fungi 97247). C. Cribraria lepida (MA-Fungi 94606). D. Diachea mitchellii (MA-Fungi 96415). E. Spores by SEM of Diachea mitchellii (MA-Fungi 91227). F. Spores by SEM of Dianema succulenticola (MA-Fungi 94551). G. Sporocarp of Didymium xerophylum (MA-Fungi 86885). H. Licea aurea (MA-Fungi 91750). I. Spore by SEM of Licea aurea (dwb 3533). Scales A-D, G = 0.2 mm; E-F, I = 5 µm, H = 0.1 mm.