This study was financed by project 570-B8-006 from Vicerrectoría de Investigación at the University of Costa Rica and partially conducted within the framework of an international research agreement between the two academic institutions represented by the authors.
Myxomycete sporocarps are practical units that can be used to study the effect of environmental issues such as climate change,urbanization,and natural disasters on microorganisms.Recent scientific literature lacks emp...
This work was financed by the University of Costa Rica(Vicerrectoría de Investigación 570-B8-006)。
The moist chamber technique is widely used in ecological research on myxomycetes.However,limited assessments on the usefulness of the technique have been carried out using empirical data.In the present study,three dis...
This study was supported by the Slime Mold Project at the University of Arkansas and by project 570-B8-006;the Vicerrectoría de Investigación at Universidad de Costa Rica.
Samples of dead leaves on the forest floor were collected from a locality in central Costa Rica and another locality in northwest Arkansas in the United States and then were placed in fine-mesh nylon bags,autoclaved a...
Although the effects of microenvironmental factors on distribution patterns in myxomycetes have been investigated,studies of the responses of this group of organisms to different regimes of forest disturbance are rela...
This study was carried out within a project on vegetation of Tugai forests and genetic diversity of Euphrates Poplar.For the opportunity to travel to Xinjiang we want to thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,SCHN1080/1-1),the VW-Foundation(I/78636)and the DAAD partnership program(PPP,D/05/06946)。
We report the results of a survey for myxomycetes in the Chinese province of Xinjiang,covering the northern part of the Tarim basin and the eastern Tian-Shan mountains.Sampling in the hyperarid Tarim basin focused on ...
supported by the Spanish Government(grants CGL2008-00720/BOS and CGL2011-22684).
Myxomycetes are microorganisms frequently considered to be of cosmopolitan distribution,however as studies in unexplored areas have intensified,more information has become available on the patterns of distribution of ...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(70670015,71070012)~~
[Objective]The paper was to culture the plasmodia of Physarum pusillum for obtaining the optimal condition of sporophores and sclerotium,to reduce the agricultural diseases.[Method]Liquid culture combined with oat-aga...
Supported by Guidance Program for Research and Development of Science and Technology in Chengde City in 2009(200922024)~~
[ Objective ] The paper was to find effective chemical methods to control myxomycetes disease in edible fungi. [ Method] Some low toxic and pollution- free chemical reagents were first selected to carry out indoor tox...
Project (No. 2001BA744C) supported by the 10th Five-year National Key Technologies R & D Program, China
A known species, Physarum melleum, was found fruiting on living leaves of Dendrobium candidum, which was collected in China in 2004. Its morphological characters were revealed by light microscopy (LM), environmental s...