Maryland Biodiversity Project - Didymium squamulosum

Didymium squamulosum

Kingdom Amoebozoa > Phylum Mycetozoa > Class Myxomycetes > Order Physarales > Family Didymiaceae > Genus Didymium Didymium squamulosum - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/13345

This species typically develops on herbaceous plant debris (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

Note distinctive white stalks.

There are 2 records in the project database.

Didymium squamulosum in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/23/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Didymium squamulosum on moistened milkweed pods in Somerset Co., Maryland (1/26/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

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