Purple dust mold - Purple dust mold

Japanese: ムラサキホコリカビ - むらさきほこりかび
Purple dust mold - Purple dust mold
A general term for slime molds belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, subclass Myxomycetes, order Dictyostelium. Also called murasakihokori. In Japan, it grows on rotting wood and is extremely common. The plasmodium is milky white, but the fruiting body is about 5-20 mm tall. The sporangium is oblong, cylindrical, has a rounded tip, has a stalk, and is purple-brown in color, hence the Japanese name. The sporangium gathers densely to form large, conspicuous colonies. The spores are pale reddish purple with slight projections on their surface. It is said to be difficult to cultivate in pure culture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
変形菌門,真正変形菌亜綱,ムラサキホコリカビ(ムラサキホコリ)目に含まれる変形菌の総称。ムラサキホコリともいう。日本では腐朽木などの上に発生し,きわめて普通に見られる。変形体は乳白色であるが,子実体は高さ5~20mm程度。胞子囊は長円柱形で先端は丸く,柄があり,紫褐色を呈するところから和名がついた。胞子囊が密に集合して大きな目だつコロニーを形成する。胞子は淡赤紫色で,表面にわずかな突起がある。純粋培養は困難であるとされている。

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