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Contribution of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium to the knowledge of Myxomycetes in Africa Meise Botanic Garden
Discovering Myxomycetes: towards applications for bio-control. Meise Botanic Garden
Myxomycetes are a class of Amoebozoa of which only few practical applications are published in literature. Here we report the first results towards the use of selected slime mould species as antagonist in agricultural applications. Antagonists in this context are organisms used to control plant pathogens, protecting the plant host against invasion by e.g. bacteria and fungi. Mycotoxigenic fungi from the Genera Fusarium, Aspergillus, Penicillium ...
Towards bio-control using Myxomycetes: identification and isolation of slime moulds from maize. Meise Botanic Garden
A first step in the possible application of slime moulds as antagonists requires the isolation and identification of the organism. Myxomycetes were collected in a maize field at the end of the growing season (September and October 2015 and 2016). The maize field was mist irrigated in the month July and August (every second day, 15 seconds with 20 minutes time intervals) to simulate a big moist chamber. Each season about 200 collections were ...
Myxomyceten op epifytische mossen in Vlaanderen, een opportuniteit Meise Botanic Garden
A total of 137 observations of myxomycetes growing on epiphytic mosses were made in 17 localities in Flanders (Belgium). One of the objectives of this study was to determine which myxomycetes from these localities occur on and around this particular substrate. The importance of epiphytic mosses, as a substrate for the development of myxomycetes, is evaluated. A number of interesting records are discussed and illustrated by means of a selection ...
Two new corticolous myxomycete species from Spain. Meise Botanic Garden
Two new species of Myxomycetes growing on oak bark with mosses are described herein. They are Badhamia bryocrassipella and Physarum macrocephalum. Macro- and micrographs of fruiting bodies and morphological features under the stereomicroscope and the light microscope (LM) are provided, along with micrographs of spore ornamentation as observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Standaardlijst van Basidiomycota en Myxomycota van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest Meise Botanic Garden
Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa Meise Botanic Garden
This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi. i.e. dispersed spores, mycelia, sporophores, mycorrhizas). We treat 19 phyla of fungi. These are Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, ...
Plant Ecology and Evolution: contribution to biodiversity conservation Meise Botanic Garden
With its focus on wild plants and their habitats, Plant Ecol-ogy and Evolution is a journal dealing with all areas of plant biology relating to ecology, evolution and systematics of all groups of plants (in the traditional sense, including algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, myxomycetes). It includes topical mat-ters such as biodiversity, phylogenetic reconstruction, con-servation and global change. Plant Ecology and Evolutionoccupies its own niche in ...
Assembling the fungal tree of life: Progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits Meise Botanic Garden
Based on an overview of progress in molecular systematics of the true fungi (Fungi/Eumycota) since 1990, little overlap was found among single-locus data matrices, which explains why no large-scale multilocus phylogenetic analysis had been undertaken to reveal deep relationships among fungi. As part of the project "Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life" (AFTOL), results of four Bayesian analyses are reported with complementary bootstrap assessment ...