Arcyria cinerea
. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Authors: Kryvomaz T. I. , Michaud A. , Minter D. W. 
Published: July 2021

A description is provided for
Arcyria cinerea
, one of the most consistently abundant and widespread myxomycete species associated with lianas, aerial woody remnants, leaves and inflorescences in tropical and mangrove forests. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, interaction and habitats, infraspecific variation, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (AFRICA: Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe; NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), Mexico, USA (Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia); CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador (including Galapagos), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela; ANTARCTICA: Antarctica; ASIA: China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Kwangtung, Yunnan), Christmas Island, Georgia, India (Assam, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan (Aktobe, Atyrau, Pavlodar, West Kazakhstan), Laos, Nepal, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Russia (Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Irkutsk Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Republic of Buryatia, Sakhalin Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. Atlantic OCEAN: Ascension Island, Spain (Canary Islands); AUSTRALASIA: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia), New Zealand, Raoul Island; CARIBBEAN: American Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago; EUROPE: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Astrakhan Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kalinigrad Oblast, Komi Republic, Krasnodar Krai, Kursk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Karelia, Rostov Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tver Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Vologda Oblast), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK; Indian OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles; Pacific OCEAN: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, USA (Hawaii)).