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Secretive Slime Moulds Myxomycetes of Australia

Flora / Fauna Identification Key Monograph
By: Steven L Stephenson(Author)
375 pages, colour photos
Publisher: CSIRO
Secretive Slime Moulds
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About this book

Neither plants, nor animals, nor fungi, the myxomycetes are a surprisingly diverse and fascinating group of organisms. They spend the majority of their life out of sight as single-celled amoeboid individuals in leaf litter, soil or decaying wood, foraging for bacteria and other simple life forms. However, when conditions are right, two individual cells come together to give rise to a much larger, creeping structure called a plasmodium, which produces the even more complex and often beautiful fruiting bodies. Indeed, the fruiting bodies of myxomycetes are often miniature works of art!

Their small size (usually only a few millimetres tall) and fleeting fruiting phase mean that these organisms, although ubiquitous and sometimes abundant, are overlooked by most people. However, recent research by a few dedicated individuals has shown that Australia has a very diverse myxomycete biota with more than 330 species, the largest number known for any region of the Southern Hemisphere.

This comprehensive monograph provides keys, descriptions and information on the known distribution for all of these species in addition to containing introductory material relating to their biology and ecology. Many species are illustrated, showing the diversity of their fruiting bodies, and greatly facilitating their identification.

Secretive Slime Moulds will give naturalists a new insight into an often overlooked group of organisms in addition to providing an incentive to search for the many species which have undoubtedly thus far escaped notice.

Contents

Authors, Illustrators and Photographers
Introduction
Distribution, ecology and importance

Phylum Eumycetozoa

References
Acknowledgements
Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Dr Steven L. Stephenson is a Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas, USA.

Flora / Fauna Identification Key Monograph
By: Steven L Stephenson(Author)
375 pages, colour photos
Publisher: CSIRO
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