Physarum clavisporum G. Moreno, A. Sanchez, A. Castillo & Illana 2009
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
Physarum
Physarum clavisporum

description: 120. Physarum cf. clavisporum G. Moreno, A. Sánchez, A. Castillo & Illana, in Moreno, Castillo, Sánchez, Illana & Oltra, Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 33: 143 (2009)   
  Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Asunción, Chacas, Chacas, route AN-107, km 60, 4039 m, 9°08′48”S, 77°28′52”W, 10 May 2018, debris and rhytidome of Polylepis sp. (mc, 3 Jan 2020, pH 5.27), Treviño Myx 660 (HSP) . Bolognesi, Pachapaqui, San Judas Tadeo, route PE-3N, km 35, 3828 m, 9º59′23.5”S, 77º06′40.9”W, 23 Apr 2013, bark and leaves of Polylepis sp., Lado 23131 (MA-Fungi 95288, USM). 6 km from Pachapaqui, from PE-3N, km 32, 3694 m, 10º00′06”S, 77º07′52”W, 20 May 2014, branches of Baccharis sp., Lado 23667 (MA-Fungi 95340). Huasta, Chiquian, route AN-1263 towards Huallanca, km 54, 1 km east of Llamac, 3241 m, 10º11′48”S, 77º01′20”W, 15 May 2018, leaves and woody debris of Alnus acuminata, Lado 26820 (MA-Fungi 97587). Carhuaz, Shilla, Huascaran N.P., Punta Olímpica, route AN-107, km 40,500, 4325 m, 9º07′57.8”S, 77º31′45.0”W, 21 Apr 2013, leaves of Polylepis racemosa, Lado 23018 (MA-Fungi 95185), branches of shrub, Lado 23041 (MA-Fungi 95206, USM). Shilla, Huascaran N.P., route AN-107, km 25, park entrance, 3704 m, 9º10′06.5”S, 77º34′57.2”W, 21 Apr 2013, leaves of Tillandsia sp., Lado 23046 (MA-Fungi 95210), Lado 23053b (MA-Fungi 95217). Route AN-107, km 28, Pampa de Ulta, 3817 m, 9º09′17”S, 77º34′07”W, 23 May 2014, wood and bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 23826 (MA-Fungi 95480), Lado 23827 (MA-Fungi 95481). Huari, route AN- 110, 18 km south of Chavín towards Cahuish tunnel, 3869 m, 9º39′51”S, 77º11′57”W, 22 May 2014, leaves and branches of Polylepis sp., Lado 23729 (MA-Fungi 95386). Near to Cahuish tunnel, route AN-110, 28 km southeast of Chavín, 4326 m, 9º41′24”S, 77º14′41”W, 22 May 2014, bryophytes, Lado 23736 (MA-Fungi 95391). Huari, Colcas, 10 km south of Huamparán, 3084 m, 9º18′55”S, 77º10′02”W, 12 May 2018, bark, leaves and woody debris of Eucalyptus globulus, Lado 26409 (MA-Fungi 97198). Huari, Challhuyacu, Huamantanga, 7 km south of Huamparán, 3238 m, 9º18′13”S, 77º10′16”W, 12 May 2018, herbs, Lado 26464 (MA-Fungi 97249), stems of Rubus sp., Lado 26466 (MA-Fungi 97251, USM), herbs and woody debris, Lado 26467 (MA-Fungi 97252), leaf litter, Lado 26468 (MA-Fungi 97253). Recuay, Catac, route AN-110, km 18, Querococha lagoon, 4040 m, 9º43′27”S, 77º20′02”W, 24 May 2014, bark and wood of Polylepis sp., Lado 23846 (MA-Fungi 95499), branches of Polylepis sp., Lado 23855 (MA-Fungi 95507), Lado 23857 (MA-Fungi 95509), bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 23867 (MA-Fungi 95517), Lado 23869 (MA-Fungi 95519, USM), Lado 23876 (MA-Fungi 95526), Lado 23877 (MA-Fungi 95527, USM), branches of Polylepis sp., Lado 23879 (MA-Fungi 95529). Catac, route AN-110, km 13, 3918 m, 9º45′01”S, 77º22′08”W, 24 May 2014, leaves of Baccharis sp., Lado 23886 (MA-Fungi 95534). Ticapampa, Catac, route AN-110, km 22, 4150 m, 9º43′18”S, 77º19′19”W, 11 May 2018, leaf litter and bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 26294c (MA-Fungi 97095), Lado 26295 (MA-Fungi 97096), Lado 26296 (MA-Fungi 97097), Lado 26297 (MA-Fungi 97098), Lado 26300 (MA-Fungi 97100). Yungay, Yungay, Huascaran N.P., Llanganuco sector, Orconcocha lagoon, route AN-106, km 35,500, 3871 m, 9º03′52.0”S, 77º38′06.1”W, 19 Apr 2013, branch of Polylepis sp., Lado 22883 (MA-Fungi 95086), Lado 22887 (MAFungi 95090), bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 22889 (MA-Fungi 95092), herbs, Lado 22890 (MA-Fungi 95093), herbs and twigs, Lado 22891 (MA-Fungi 95094), twigs, Lado 22892 (MA-Fungi 95095), Lado 22893 (MA-Fungi 95096), twigs and bryophytes, Lado 22894 (MA-Fungi 95097, USM), bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 22896 (MA-Fungi 95099), Lado 22897 (MA-Fungi 95100). Yungay, Huascaran N.P., Llanganuco sector, Chinancocha lagoon, route AN-106, km 25,500, 3844 m, 9º04′41.6”S, 77º39′06.9”W, 19 Apr 2013, branches of Polylepis sp., Lado 22919 (MA-Fungi 95121, USM). Arequipa: Arequipa, Yura, Sumbay, Cañahuas, route PE-1SE, km 9, 4230 m, 15º59′13.2”S, 71º23′04.9”W, 9 Oct 2012, leaf litter of Baccharis tricuneata, Lado 22278 (MA-Fungi 94813, USM), Lado 22281 (MA-Fungi 94818, USM). Chiguata, Miraflores, 3285 m, 16°22′45”S, 71°21′28”W, 6 May 2017, on stem debris of Gochnatia arequipensis, Treviño Myx 48 (MA-Fungi 97917, HSP). Caylloma, San Antonio de Chuca, route PE-34A, km 157, 18 km west of Imata, 4444 m, 15º52′40.5”S, 71º08′54.9”W, 6 May 2017, branches and leaf litter of Parastrephia phylicaeformis, Lado 22246a (MA-Fungi 94786, USM). Ayacucho: Lucanas, Santiago de Vado, route PE-30A, km 105, 3850 m, 14º38′24.3”S, 74º17′28.2”W, 27 Sep 2012, branch of Asteraceae, Lado 21809 (MA-Fungi 94580), Lado 21813 (MA-Fungi 94583), Lado 21815 (MA-Fungi 94585), Lado 21816 (MA-Fungi 94586), Lado 21817 (MA-Fungi 94587), Lado 21821 (MA-Fungi 94591, USM), Lado 21822 (MA-Fungi 94592), Lado 21823b (MA-Fungi 94594), Lado 21824a (MA-Fungi 94595), Lado 21825 (MA-Fungi 94597), Lado 21826 (MA-Fungi 94598, USM). Route PE-30A, km 103, 4 km east of Abra Condorcenca, 3947 m, 14º38′28.1”S, 74º17′57.8”W, 27 Sep 2012, branches of Asteraceae, Lado 21849 (MA-Fungi 90735), bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 21856 (MA-Fungi 94623), Lado 21857 (MAFungi 94624), Lado 21860 (MA-Fungi 94628), Lado 21863 (MA-Fungi 94630). Abra Condorcenca, route PE-30A, km 99, 4130 m, 14º39′39.3”S, 74º18′43.1”W, 27 Sep 2012, leaf litter of Asteraceae, Lado 21876 (MA-Fungi 94643). Cajamarca: Cajamarca, Encañada, route PE-08B, km 220, 10 km east of Encañada towards Abra Gran Chimú, 3437 m, 7º03′14.0”S, 78º19′32.8”W, 14 Apr 2013, leaves and branches of Asteraceae, Lado 22556 (MA-Fungi 91221, USM), Lado 22558b (MA-Fungi 94901). 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 22560a (MA-Fungi 94903). Route PE-08, km 161, Abra Gavilán, 3187 m, 7º14′53.4”S, 78º28′13.5”W, 15 Apr 2013, leaves and wood of Eucalyptus sp., Lado 22583 (MA-Fungi 94925). Moquegua: Mariscal Nieto, Torata, Pontón Cuellar, route PE-34D, km 69, 3815 m, 16º59′54.8”S, 70º41′54.7”W, 7 Oct 2012, twigs and leaf litter of Baccharis glutinosa, Lado 22167b (MA-Fungi 94711). Torata, Chillihua, route PE-34D, km 88, 4580 m, 16º54′55.9”S, 70º38′52.9”W, 7 Oct 2012, living and dead twigs of Parastrephia lepidophylla, Lado 22197 (MA-Fungi 94746), Lado 22198 (MA-Fungi 94747). Pasco: Pasco, Yanacancha, La Quinua, route PE-3N, km. 144,5, 3642 m, 10º37′28”S, 76º10′28”W, 18 May 2018, woody debris of Polylepis sp., Lado 26958 (MA-Fungi 97709), bryophytes, Lado 26982 (MA-Fungi 97734), Lado 26988 (MA-Fungi 97740), Lado 26989 (MA-Fungi 97741). Puno: Lampa, Santa Lucía, Lagunillas, Puente Cañuma, route PE-34A, km 208, 4190 m, 15º41′36.3”S, 70º48′50.3”W, 8 Oct 2012, leaves of Stipa ichu, Lado 22220 (MA-Fungi 94765), Lado 22221 (MA-Fungi 94766), Lado 22223 (MA-Fungi 94768), Lado 22229 (MA-Fungi 94772), Lado 22231 (MA-Fungi 94773).   
 Notes. Doubts on the identity arise because of the peridium dehiscence, described as irregular in the species description (Moreno et al. 2009), while it is apical and longitudinal in these studied specimens, but the spore ornamentation is typical of this species.
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 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.624.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150721