Abstract

The present survey is a preliminary study of the diversity of Myxomycetes occurring in the tropical dry evergreen forest vegetation of the southeastern coastal belt of India. A total of 11 taxa belonging to the orders Ceratiomyxales, Trichiales, Stemonitidales and Physarales were collected, studied, and described from this region. The identification was supported using both morphological and microscopic characters. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula, Arcyria insignis, Arcyria incarnata, Hemitrichia serpula, Stemonitis flavogenita, Physarum notabile, Fuligo septica var. candida, Fuligo septica var. septica, and Comatricha anomala are reported for the first time from Tamil Nadu, South India.

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