Stemonaria pallidofila Y. Yamam. & Nann.

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 : 75

157. º Stemonaria pallidofila Y. Yamam. & Nann. -Bremek., in Nannenga-Bremekamp & Yamamoto, Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., C. 93(3): 278 (1990)

Specimen examined. PERU. Huancavelica: Huaytara, Huaytara, route PE-28A, km 120, Jatunhuatas bridge, 3119 m, 13º36′27”S, 75º19′38”W, 19 Apr 2017, leaf of Puya sp. , Lado 24784Xa (MA-Fungi 95984) .

Notes. The Peruvian material matched the typical form of the species except for the primary branches of the capillitium, moderately widened at the base. Previously recorded in Japan ( GBIF 2022, Poulain et al. 2011) First record in the Neotropics. In Peru, it is only known from the department of Huancavelica. It inhabits the base of the dead leaves of Puya sp.