Diderma simplex (J. Schröt.) G. Lister
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiderma simplex (a slime mould)
GenusDiderma (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyDIDYMIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderPHYSARIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Diderma simplex (a slime mould) :
1: Diderma simplex (a slime mould)
12 Aug 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 colonies (2 plasmodia, 1 sporocarps) emerging from Sphagnum up grass.
Image 1: PlasmodiumImage 2: Plasmodium (2)Image 3: Plasmodium (3)Image 4: Plasmodium (4)Image 5: Plasmodium (5)Image 6: Plasmodium (6)Image 7: SporocarpsImage 8: Sporocarps (2)Image 9: Sporocarps - white backgroundImage 10: Sporocarps - white background (2)Image 11: Sporocarps - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Sporocarps - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 13: Sporocarps - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Sporocarps - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Capillitial threads among spores - magnifiedImage 16: Capillitial threads among spores - magnified (2)Image 17: Capillitium - among spores - magnifiedImage 18: Capillitium and spores - highly magnifiedImage 19: Capillitium and spores - highly magnified (2)Image 20: Capillitium and spores - highly magnified (3)Image 21: Capillitium and spores - highly magnified (4)Image 22: Capillitium and spores - highly magnified (5)Image 23: Capillitium and spores - highly magnified (6)Image 24: Peridium fragment - magnifiedImage 25: Peridium fragment - with pore - magnifiedImage 26: Peridium fragment - with pores - magnifiedImage 27: Peridium fragment - with spores - magnifiedImage 28: Spores and capillitium - highly magnifiedImage 29: Spores and capillitium - highly magnified (2)Image 30: Spores and capillitium - highly magnified (3)Image 31: Spores - magnifiedImage 32: Spores - magnified (2)Image 33: Spores - magnified (3)Image 34: Spores - magnified (4)Image 35: Spores - magnified (5)Image 36: Spores - magnified (6)Image 37: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 38: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 39: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 40: Spores - highly magnified (3)Image 41: Spores - highly magnified (4)Image 42: Spores - outline and surface - highly magnifiedImage 43: Spores - surface view - magnifiedImage 44: Sporocarps and hypothallus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 45: Sporocarps showing pores - microscope low magnification - white background

Diderma simplex (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diderma simplex (a slime mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diderma simplex (a slime mould)

A very rare myxomycete found in heather litter on heaths. The brown, brick-red, ochraceous to khaki sporangia are sessile, clustered or heaped on fragments of heather or grasses.

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