Abstract
Abstract A description is provided for Physarum crateriforme . Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania), Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, Panama), North America (Mexico, USA (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)), South America (Brazil (Pernambuco, Sergipe), Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru), Asia (China (Fujian, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Shandong, Sichuan), India (Assam, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh), Japan, Laos, Russia (Altai krai, Novosibirsk oblast), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam), Atlantic Ocean (Ascension, Spain (Canary Islands)), Australasia (Australia (Western Australia)), Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St Lucia), Europe (France, Ireland, Portugal, Russia (Voronezh oblast), Spain, Sweden, UK), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Pacific Ocean (Ecuador (Galapagos), USA (Hawaii))). Studies in Japan suggest that myxomycetes including this species may be useful as indicators of environmental pollution. No other evaluation has been made of any possible positive economic impact of this fungus and no reports of negative economic impacts have been found.
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