A second revision of Irish myxomycetes

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This catalogue follows two similar studies, the more recent dating from 1988. In the period since then, sporadic collecting has continued throughout Ireland and the number of Myxomycete species recorded for the country has now reached 228. Individual vice-counties have totals ranging from 31 (Armagh) to 142 (Wicklow). Clearly, much scope exists for future recording of this group in Ireland. R. McHugh (corresponding author; email: rolandmchugh@ hotmail.com), Jonquil Cottage, Blacklion, Greystones, Co. Wicklow; and B. Ing, Tigh ha Faoileige, 1 Rhue, Ullapool, Ross-shire, IV26 2TJ, Scotland. Cite as follows: McHugh, R. and Ing, B. 2012 A second revision of Irish Myxomycetes. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 112B, 133-155. DOI: 10.3318/ BIOE.2012.03. Received 19 November 2010. Accepted 18 May 2011. Published 27 March 2012. INTRODUCTION Two catalogues of Irish Myxomycetes have been published by the Royal Irish Academy Ing and Mitchell (1980) listed 162 species with details of the vice-counties from which each had been recorded. Ing and McHugh (1988), using essentially the same format as the earlier paper, raised the total to 190 species. The present account continues this activity, bringing the total to 228. Ing, in his identification guide (1999), has provided totals for the country. Further, his Census Catalogue (2000) has given the numbers of vice-counties recorded for each species. A sub stantial input of new records was provided by the British Mycological Society's foray in County Fermanagh (2000), and particular thanks are due to David Mitchel for providing a list from this event. McHugh (1999) has given a list of species from oak bark culture from a specific local ity in County Wicklow, and also (2009) from gorse bark obtained from sites throughout the country. The following catalogue provides the earli est collection date in Ireland for each species. Nomenclature generally follows Lado (2001), with a few exceptions. An asterisk indicates a species new to Ireland. The date following the species name is that of the first Irish record. The next line provides some indication of habitat, in so far as generalisations can be made from limited data. Then a sequence of vice-county numbers is provided for new records (since 1988), with locality (10km square), date and collector, except in the case of reasonably common species. A complete list of relevant vice-county numbers follows, and then a total number of Irish records, followed by the 1988 figure in parentheses. The following abbreviations signify various collectors: AB Alan Braddock AH Alick Henrici BI Bruce Ing BMS British Mycological Society CR Colin Rowland CS Chris Stretch DM David Mitchel DN Debbie Nelson ED Emer Ni Dhuill EE Ern Emmett GS Gerry Shannon HF Howard Fox HR Heinrich Recht JB John Webb JW John Wann MA M. Anderson MC Maria Cullen MG Martin Gregory MW Mark Wright NIFG Northern Ireland Fungus Group PH P. Hackney RA Roy Anderson RM Roland McHugh DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2012.03 Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 112B, No. 1, 133-155 (2012). © Royal Irish Academy This content downloaded from 157.55.39.211 on Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:49:11 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Biology and Environment