The specimens cited are deposited in the Herbarium of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Çanakkale and in the author’s personal collection. Badhamia gracilis (.) . and Diderma crustaceum Peck are recorded for the first time from Turkey. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 333-335 © TÜB‹TAK Research Note Two New Myxomycetes Records for the Myxobiota of Turkey Baflaran DÜLGER* Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Arts, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17020 Çanakkale - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Badhamia gracilis (.) . and Diderma crustaceum Peck are recorded for the first time from Turkey. Key Words: Myxomycetes, new records, Turkey Türkiye Miksobiotas› ‹çin ‹ki Yeni Miksomiset Kayd› Özet: Badhamia gracilis (.) . ve Diderma crustaceum Peck Türkiye’den ilk kez kaydedilmektedir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Myxomycetes, yeni kay›tlar, Türkiye Introduction In April 2007, during routine field trips to different localities in Turkey, many samples of Myxomycetes were collected. According to the checklists by Ergül and Dülger (2000), Sesli and Denchev (2005), Dülger (2007) and Ya¤ız and Afyon (2007), Badhamia gracilis (.) . (Physaraceae) and Diderma crustaceum Peck (Didymiaceae) were new records for Turkey. These taxa were identified with the aid of the literature (Martin & Alexopoulos, 1969; Thind, 1977; Nannenga-Bremekamp, 1991). The specimens cited are deposited in the Herbarium of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Çanakkale and in the author’s personal collection. Results and Discussion Physaraceae Badhamia gracilis (.) ., in Macbride & Martin, Myxom. . - Badhamia macrocarpa var. gracilis ., N. Am. Slime-Moulds ed. 2. 37. 1922. Sporangia stalked, subglobose to kidney shaped, mm in diameter, and up to mm tall; pale grey. Hypothallus pale yellow, thin. Stalk weak, thin, delicate, often twisted, ochraceous, mm tall. Capillitium filled with white lime, with irregular constrictions and slightly physaroid, reticulate with small meshes, sometimes merged in the middle into a pseudocolumella. Spores in mass black, dark purple-brown in transmitted light, free, globose or somewhat angular, covered with
