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09/01/2014~~Lycogala sp. first reported in Phil. mangroves: First World Report for the presence of this myxomycete in mangrove-

Report of the presence of a Lycogala species in Mangrove was done in June/ 2007 in the Philippines by I. Savillo (please see below). The discovery of Lycogala sp. in the Philippine mangrove forest by I. Savillo (could be the first report of myxomycete in mangrove in the Philippines) in 2007, could be the First World Report for the presence of Lycogala sp. in mangroves. In 2010, a paper from Brazil also reported a Lycogala species in mangroves for the first time {reference: http://www.ufrgs.br/seerbio/ojs/index.php/rbb/article/viewFile/1238/931 } In 2004- Stemonitis was reported in Puerto Rico (considered as the first report of myxomycete in mangroves in the Caribbean). In 2008 and upwards Physarum, Comatrichia and Stemonitis (considred as a first report of myxomycetes in Avicennia sp. in an island in Brazil, etc) were also reported in Brazil.

As stated in the article below authored by I. Savillo- "It is true that Myxomycetes are rare and very few in a Mangrove Forest. It's a pin in a haystack" After a thorough exploration of dead plant materials in a mangrove forest, Savillo, I. in 2007 was able to discover- a Lycogala sp. This was orally presented in ppt. in the 2007 Society of Wetland Scientists International Conference on Wetlands in Sacramento, California.

Comment from the World's Expert regarding the World's First Report for the presence of Lycogala sp. in mangroves: "I am unaware of any previous reports of Lycogala from mangroves".

*6/07~Mangrove Myxomycete (pls. see top specimen)- specimen inside a suspended dead branch of a living mangrove tree forcibly opened to show details. Observe the thinner top whitish portion of the cortex in one aethallium. The spores were whitish pale yellow to pink. The pseudocapillitial threads most likely resembled that of Lycogala species. At the eye level of observation, this species has small size and conical shape which satisfies L. conicum.

11/07~ The Specimens are now flattened and represented by torn, shrunken, velvety, papery cortices but still attached.

Where did the flattened tubes go? Upon microscopic examination flattened empty tubes and few pseudocapillitial threads that were conspicuously horny (like that of Lycogala species) were revealed. The specimens were stored in a dry place. As observed locally, the tropical specimens are not as colorful or iridescent compared to the specimens of the Smokey Mountains [my Diachea is drab brown], etc. and there may even be morphological differences ("organization" of the cortex, etc.). The use of Illustrations in the Eumycetozoan Project is in this way an advantage because of the selected but conspicuous disparity among Eumycetozoans worldwide. It is true that Myxomycetes are rare and very few in a Mangrove Forest. It's a pin in a haystack.

3/4/2015- Introducing a new terminology for myxomycetes- Foliimortuumous myxomycetes (by Isidro A. T. Savillo)- (From the Latin words: Latin- Folii which means leaf and Latin word - mortuum - which means dead). They are further divided into subtypes (Latin word for subtypes- )- whether their presence (e.g fruiting body ) is accidental (Latin word for accidental- per accidens) for they may exist in other substrates or natural (Latin word for natural- per naturalis) where the dead leaves are their natural fructification niches. Accidental (Latin words for General Accidental Fructification on Living Organisms- accidentale augmentum viventium organizati ?) may include fructification of Myxomycetes in living leaves or any living plant or part of it or other organisms such as mushrooms). We will soon be "swimming" in the "sea" of dead leaves looking for this.

*Fructification- formation of fruiting bodies