Summary and Conclusions
A total of 100 specimens ofBadhamia decipiens, Physarum auriscalpium, andP. serpula were studied in an attempt to determine their taxonomic relationship.
The study points to the following conclusions: 1)Badhamia decipiens, because of its entirely physaroid character, should be returned to its original position inPhysarum. The correct name of the species is thereforePhysarum decipiens Curtis. 2) P.decipiens appears to be closely related to and to hold a position somewhere betweenP. auriscalpium andP. serpula. It possesses a greater resemblance to the latter and may possibly be an environmental variant of it, but unless and until this can be proved experimentally, it seems preferable to retainP. decipiens as a distinct species.
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Taxonomic Studies in the Myxomycetes. II; no. I was published in Mycologia50: 357–369. 1958.
Several curators, including those of the New York Botanical Garden, the Herbarium of the State University of Iowa, and the Farlow Cryptogamic Herbarium, loaned me specimens for study, and their courtesy is gratefully acknowledged. I should also like to thank Dr. G. W. Martin, Dr. C. J. Alexopoulos, and Dr. C. R. Benjamin for critically reading the manuscript.
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Farr, M.L. Badhamia decipiens reinstated in Physarum. Brittonia 13, 339–345 (1961). https://doi.org/10.2307/2805412
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