Trichia agaves Mosquera, Lado, Estrada & Beltran-Tej.
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
Trichiales
Trichiaceae
Trichia
Trichia agaves

description: 163. Trichia agaves (G. Moreno, Lizárraga & Illana) Mosquera, Lado, Estrada & Beltrán-Tej., in Lado, Cuad. Trab.   
Fl. Micol. Iber. 16: 82 (2001)  
 Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Asunción, Chacas, Jambón, route AN-107, km 84, 3077 m, 9º09′13”S, 77º22′59”W, 10 May 2018, leaves of grass, Lado 26204 (MA-Fungi 97007, USM), Lado 26205 (MA-Fungi 97008, USM), Lado 26206 (MA-Fungi 97009), Lado 26207b (MA-Fungi 97011). Huaraz, Independencia, route AN-14, km 133, 5 km from Huaraz, 3473 m, 9º32′33”S, 77º33′19”W, 9 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26128 (MAFungi 96932), Lado 26129 (MA-Fungi 96933), Lado 26130 (MA-Fungi 96934), Lado 26131 (MA-Fungi 96935, USM), Lado 26132 (MA-Fungi 96936), Lado 26134 (MA-Fungi 96938). Huari, Huari, Colcas, 10 km south of Huamparán, 3084 m, 9º18′55”S, 77º10′02”W, 12 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26383 (MA-Fungi 97173), Lado 26386 (MA-Fungi 97176), Lado 26387 (MA-Fungi 97177), Lado 26388 (MA-Fungi 97178, USM), Lado 26395 (MA-Fungi 97184). Huari, Challhuyacu, Huamantanga, 7 km south of Huamparán, 3238 m, 9º18′13”S, 77º10′16”W, 12 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26456 (MA-Fungi 97240), Lado 26457 (MA-Fungi 97241), Lado 26459 (MA-Fungi 97243). Huantar, 3292 m, 9º26′48”S, 77º11′00”W, 13 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26508 (MA-Fungi 97290, USM), Lado 26513 (MA-Fungi 97295), Lado 26514 (MA-Fungi 97296), Lado 26516 (MAFungi 97298), Lado 26517 (MA-Fungi 97299, USM), Lado 26521 (MA-Fungi 97303, USM), Lado 26524 (MA-Fungi 97307, USM). Cajamarca: Cajamarca, The baths of the Inca, route PE-08B, km 191, at the junction to Marcobamba and Llacanora, 3120 m, 7º09′23.0”S, 78º25′11.7”W, 14 Apr 2013, leaves of Agave sp., Lado 22561 (MA-Fungi 94905), Lado 22562 (MA-Fungi 94906), Lado 22563 (MA-Fungi 94907, USM), Lado 22564 (MA-Fungi 94908), Lado 22565 (MA-Fungi 94909), Lado 22567b (MA-Fungi 94912, USM), Lado 22568 (MA-Fungi 94913), Lado 22569 (MAFungi 94914, USM), Lado 22572 (MA-Fungi 94916). Cusco: Anta, Chinchaypujio, Chinchaypujio, Km 33, 3185 m, 13º38′16”S, 72º13′22”W, 17 Apr 2016, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 24455 (MA-Fungi 95792, USM). Canchis, Checacipe, Pasto grande, Combapata, route PE-35, Km 1073, 3450 m, 14º04′15”S, 71º26′28”W, 15 Apr 2016, leaf of Puya sp., Lado 24291 (MA-Fungi 95635), leaf of Agave americana, Lado 24292 (MA-Fungi 95636, USM), Lado 24293 (MA-Fungi 95637, USM), Lado 24294 (MA-Fungi 95638), Lado 24297 (MA-Fungi 95640), Lado 24299 (MAFungi 95642), Lado 24300 (MA-Fungi 95643), Lado 24301 (MA-Fungi 95644), Lado 24303 (MA-Fungi 95646, USM), Lado 24304 (MA-Fungi 95647), Lado 24306 (MA-Fungi 95649, USM). Huanuco: Huánuco, Margas, route HU-111, km. 31, 3574 m, 9º59′59”S, 76º31′23”W, 17 May 2018, leaf of Agave americana, Lado 26905 (MA-Fungi 97663). Yarumayo, route HU-111, km. 23, 3083 m, 9º59′55”S, 76º28′30”W, 17 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26932 (MA-Fungi 97688, USM), Lado 26933 (MA-Fungi 97689). Junin: Tarma, Tarma, route PE-22B, km 20, Cochas Bajo, 3573 m, 11º25′35”S, 75º45′58”W, 30 Apr 2017, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 25595 (MA-Fungi 96749), Lado 25598 (MA-Fungi 96752, USM). La Unión, route PE-3N, km 30, Palcamayo, 4050 m, 11º20′07”S, 75º53′17”W, 30 Apr 2017, leaves of Baccharis sp., Lado 25606b (MA-Fungi 96761).   
 Notes. According to Mosquera et al. (2003), Mosquera et al. (2003) state that T. agaves usually develops on succulent plants. The Peruvian specimens show this same substrate dependence, especially with the species Agave americana L.
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 76-77, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.624.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150721