Kickxella alabastrina Coem.
(a pin mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesKickxella alabastrina (a pin mould)
FamilyKICKXELLACEAE (a family of pin moulds)
OrderKICKXELLALES (an order of pin moulds)
ClassZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
PhylumZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Kickxella alabastrina (a pin mould) :
1: Kickxella alabastrina (a pin mould)
20 Feb 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on rat droppings from plastic compost bin after 48hours culturing
Image 1: Colony - enlargedImage 2: Colony - enlarged (2)Image 3: Sporangiophores - magnifiedImage 4: Sporangiophores - magnified (2)Image 5: Sporangiophores - magnified (3)Image 6: Colony - magnifiedImage 7: Colony - magnified (2)Image 8: Colony - magnified (3)Image 9: Colony - magnified (4)Image 10: Sporangioles on sporangiophore branches - highly magnifiedImage 11: Sporangioles on sporangiophore branches - top view - magnifiedImage 12: Sporangiophore branches and sporangioles - side view - highly magnifiedImage 13: Sporangiophore branches and sporangioles - side view - highly magnified (2)Image 14: Sporangiophore head and branches - magnifiedImage 15: Sporangiophore head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 16: Sporangiophore head - magnifiedImage 17: Sporangiophore head - top view - magnifiedImage 18: Sporangiophore head - top view - magnified (2)Image 19: Sporangiophore - magnifiedImage 20: Sporangiophore - magnified (2)Image 21: Sporangiophore - microscope low magnificationImage 22: Sporangiophore - microscope low magnification (2)

Kickxella alabastrina (a pin mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Kickxella alabastrina (a pin mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Kickxella alabastrina (a pin mould)
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