Group G to J
Description
Major morphological characters of protostelids and
protostelid-like ameboid protoctists.
Stages not drawn to scale because morphology, not size, is
important. Modified from: F.W.
Spiegel "Phylum Plasmodial Slime Molds Class Protostelida" in
Handbook of
Protoctista g-j Eumycetozoa incerta sedis:
G1 sporocarp of Protosteliopsis fimicola, spore
nondeciduous; G2 ameba of P. fimicola, note large
contractile vauole; H1, sporocarp of Microglomus
paxillus with four cells in spore; H2, ameba of M.
paxillus; J1-2, hydrated and nonhydrated sporocarps of
Echinostelopsis oligospora, spores deciduous; J3
protoplasmodium of E. oligospora, note multiple nucleoli
in nuclei.
Keys to the genera of protostelids based on:
Sporocarp Morphology
or Trophic Cell
Morphology