Physarum vernum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Physarum vernum, a facultatively nivicolous myxomycete. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia), Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil (Bahia), Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, China (Fujian, Hebei, Jilin, Nei Mongol, Shanxi), India, Japan, Kazakhstan, (Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast), Russia (Krasnoyarski krai, Sverdlovskaya oblast), Taiwan, Australia (South Australia and Western Australia), New Zealand, Cuba, Austria, Belgium, Eire [Irish Republic], France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia (Astrakhanskaya oblast, Pskov oblast, Tverskaya oblast, Volvograd oblast), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and Hawaii), associated organisms (Achyranthes aspera, Agave schottii, Ailanthus altissima, Coffea arabica, Cynodon dactylon, Cynodon sp., Cytisus oromediterraneus, Daucus carota, Fagus sylvatica, Fraxinus excelsior, Gerbera sp., Gerbera, Graminae indet., Hedera helix, Lolium perenne, Medicago sativa, Melicytus ramiflorus, Muscopsida indet., Phoenix canariensis, Pinus uncinata, Populus tremula, Quercus ilex, Ulex europaeus, Lamproderma ovoideum), other substrata (artefact, rock and soil), and interactions and habitats.