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Malaysian Slim Molds in Hutan Simpan Bangi

Johari Jalinas

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences,

Faculty of Science and Technology,

43650 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan

E-mail: johari_j@ukm.my

Carnival Candy Slime

Arcyria denudate

Photo: Johari Jalinas

Common Name: Carnival Candy Slime

Species Name:Arcyria denudateFamily: Trichiaceace, Order: Trichiales

Description: Producing pinkish-reddish, cottony, cylindrical tops on tiny stalks; on dead

wood

Fruiting Bodies: 1/641/32 (0.5-1 mm) wide, 1/16-1/4 (1.5-5mm) high; oval to

cylindrical, crowded, cottony-thready, reddish, becoming dingy ochre. Fruiting in very dense

cluster

Stalk: Dark or reddish, broadening into cuplike container above; rising from small sheetlike

bas, 1/64-1/16 (0.5-1.5 mm) long.

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Spores: 6-8 ; round, with a few scattered warts, transparent; red to reddish-brown in mass.

Habitat: On dead wood, mostly deciduos

Range: Widely distributed in Malaysia

Date take: 27 May 2009

Location: Hutan Simpan Bangi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

REFERENCES:

Gary H. Lincoff. 2008. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American

Mushrooms. Chanticleer Press Inc. Page 555 and 850.

Gerrit J. Keizer. 1998. The Complete Encylopedia of Mushrooms.Rebo International-2nd

Edition. Page 33.