Badhamia melanospora Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent.
Creators: name: Treviño-Zevallos, Italo
name: García-Cunchillos, Iván
name: Basanta, Diana Wrigley De
name: Lado, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Protozoa
Mycetozoa
Myxomycetes
Physarales
Physaraceae
Badhamia
Badhamia melanospora

description: 15. Badhamia melanospora Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 10: 150 (1880)   
 Specimens examined. PERU. Arequipa: Arequipa, Yura, route PE-34A, km 69,800, 3015 m, 16º12′14.5”S, 71º39′11”W, 12 Apr 2016, debris of Corryocactus brevistylus, Lado 24249 (MA-Fungi 95597). Castilla, Viraco, from 1 Km of Viraco, 3269 m, 15°38′53”S, 72°31′13”W, 1 May 2017, on debris of Corryocactus brevistylus, Treviño Myx 112 (MA-Fungi 97927, HSP). Caylloma, Cabanaconde, Colca Valley, Tapay viewpoint, ctra. PE-1SE, 8 km east of Cabanaconde, 3738 m, 15º36′46.1”S, 71º56′26.9”W, 9 Oct 2012, debris of Austrocylindropuntia sp., Lado 22249 (MA-Fungi 94787, USM), 3740 m, 15º36′38.4”S, 71º53′25.4”W, debris of Corryocactus sp., Lado 22250 (MA-Fungi 94788); leaves and floral scape of Puya cf. densiflora, Lado 22258 (MA-Fungi 94795, USM), Lado 22259 (MA-Fungi 94796, USM), Lado 22260 (MA-Fungi 94797, USM), debris of Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Lado 22262a (MAFungi 94799). Cabanaconde, Colca valley, Pinchollo, route PE-1SE, 17 km east of Cabanaconde, 3685 m, 15º36′32.7”S, 71º52′22.3”W, 9 Oct 2012, debris of Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Lado 22266 (MA-Fungi 94805, USM), debris of Corryocactus sp., Lado 22267 (MA-Fungi 94806, USM). Ayacucho: La Mar, Tambo, route PE-28B, km 40, Tambo, Apacheta lagoon, 4150 m, 12º58′03”S, 74º05′38”W, 20 Apr 2017, debris of Austrocylindropuntia floccosa, Lado 24831 (MA-Fungi 96037), Lado 24832 (MA-Fungi 96038), Lado 24833 (MA-Fungi 96039), Lado 24836 (MA-Fungi 96041), Lado 24837 (MA-Fungi 96042), Lado 24859 (MA-Fungi 96062). Lucanas, Leoncio Prado, route PE-30A, km 78, 3670 m, 14º41′19.4”S, 74º30′25.8”W, 27 Sep 2012; debris of Oreocereus sp., Lado 21900 (MA-Fungi 94673), Lado 21901 (MA-Fungi 94674), Lado 21902 (MA-Fungi 94675), Lado 21903 (MA-Fungi 94676). Leoncio Prado, route PE-30A, km 65, 3427 m, 14º44′39.6”S, 74º35′09.1”W, 27 Sep 2012, debris of Neoraimondia sp., Lado 21904 (MA-Fungi 94677, USM), debris of Cumulopuntia sp., Lado 21905 (MA-Fungi 94678), debris of Oreocereus sp., Lado 21906b (MA-Fungi 94680, USM), Lado 21907 (MA-Fungi 94681), Lado 21908 (MA-Fungi 94682, USM), Lado 21909 (MA-Fungi 94683, USM), Lado 21910 (MA-Fungi 94684, USM). Leoncio Prado, route PE-30A, km 56, 4 km northeast of Villatambo, 3022 m, 14º47′14.2”S, 74º38′22.5”W, 27 Sep 2012, debris of Haageocereus acranthus, Lado 21911 (MA-Fungi 94685, USM), Lado 21912 (MA-Fungi 94686, USM), Lado 21913 (MA-Fungi 94687, USM), debris of Browningia candelaris, Lado 21914 (MA-Fungi 94688). Leoncio Prado, route PE-30A, km 56, 4 km northeast of Villatambo, 3022 m, 14°47′14” S, 74°38′23” W, 27 Sep 2012, Browningia candelaris litter, (mc, 6 Mar 2013, pH 8.41), dwb 3583, Browningia candelaris litter, (mc, 14 Feb 2013, pH 8.4), dwb 3584, Browningia candelaris litter, (mc, 14 Feb 2013, pH 8.34), dwb 3585. Huancavelica: Huancavelica, Acoria, route PE-26, km 39, Ccaccasiri, 3875 m, 12º38′32”S, 74º55′06”W, 25 Apr 2017, debris of Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Lado 25215 (MA-Fungi 96398, USM), Lado 25219 (MA-Fungi 96403), Lado 25220 (MA-Fungi 96404), Lado 25222 (MA-Fungi 96406). Junin: Huancayo, Pucara, route PE-3SC, km 7, 7 km from Pucara, Sapallanga, 3837 m, 12º13′03”S, 75º06′59”W, 26 Apr 2017, debris of Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Lado 25357 (MA-Fungi 96519), Lado 25358 (MA-Fungi 96520), Lado 25359 (MA-Fungi 96521), Lado 25360 (MA-Fungi 96522), Lado 25361b (MA-Fungi 96524). Cullhuas, route PE-3A, km 142, 3450 m, 12°11′60” S, 75°10′38” W, 24 Sep 2012, Cylindropuntia pachypus epidermis, (mc, 06 Oct 2013, pH 7.4), dwb 3625. Moquegua: Mariscal Nieto, Torata, Pontón Cuellar, route PE-34D, km 69, 3815 m, 16º59′54.8”S, 70º41′54.7”W, 7 Oct 2012, debris of Cylindropuntia tunicata, Lado 22174 (MA-Fungi 94729), Lado 22175 (MA-Fungi 94730). Tacna: Tacna, Chulpapalca, route PE-40, km 63,700, east of Palca, 3220 m, 17º46′07.2”S, 69º56′23.7”W, 5 Oct 2012, debris of Corryocactus brevistylus, Lado 22096 (MA-Fungi 94692, USM), Lado 22100 (MA-Fungi 94695, USM), Lado 22101 (MA-Fungi 94696, USM), Lado 22102 (MA-Fungi 94697), Lado 22106 (MA-Fungi 94701), Lado 22107b (MA-Fungi 94703), Lado 22108 (MA-Fungi 94704).   
 Notes. Badhamia melanospora is very common in Peru, especially developing on rotting material of endemic cacti like Corryocactus brevistylus (K. Schum) Britton & Rose or species of the genus Cumulopuntia. This species seems endemic to America’s arid regions and has never been reported from Asia, while the European records proceed from introduced plant species from America (Aguilar et al. 2014).
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-92 in Phytotaxa 624 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.624.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150721