Check List 11(4): e19315, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1716
First record of the myxomycete genus Colloderma in Central America
Carlos Rojas Alvarado‡, Carlos Lado Rodríguez§, Randall Valverde González|‡ Forest Resources Unit, Engineering Research Institute, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, 11501 – Costa Rica, Costa Rica§ Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC), Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid – Spain, Spain| Forest Resources Unit, Engineering Research Institute, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, 11501 – Costa Rica,
Corresponding author: Carlos Rojas Alvarado ( carlos.rojasalvarado@ucr.ac.cr ) © 2017 Carlos Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Lado Rodríguez, Randall Valverde González. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Lado C, Rojas Alvarado C, Valverde González R (2015) First record of the myxomycete genus Colloderma in Central America. Check List 11(4): 1716. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1716 |  |
Abstract
The myxomycete genus Colloderma and the species Colloderma oculatum are reported for the first time in Central America. The species was recorded in the high elevations of the Talamanca Mountain Range in Costa Rica during 2014 in a location where the structure of myxomycete assemblages has been historically associated with temperate rather than tropical communities. Comments on the geographical distribution and ecology of the species are included. This record has increased the number of Costa Rican myxomycetes to 213 according to the most updated checklist.
Keywords
biogeography; mesoamerica; myxogastrids; Neotropics; slime molds