Dog-sick Slime Mould

Mucilago crustacea

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Dog-sick Slime Mould
Scientific Name: 
Mucilago crustacea
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Slime Mould
Kingdom: 
Protozoa
Phylum: 
Mycetozoa
Class: 
Myxomycetes
Order: 
Physarales
Family: 
Didymiaceae
Distribution

Distribution

Score: 
F

Number of Occurrences

Yellowknife - photograph(s) by Jeff Hollett , Fort Resolution (G Beaulieu)- more locations expected, need more specimens; 26395 Jeff Hollett Mucilago crustacea Mucilago crustacea Territoires du Nord-Ouest 62.195 -113.82194444444444 Jeff Hollett Jeff Hollett Mucilago crustacea species NWT list Yellowknife Jeff Hollett v.o.sb.xlsx 15139 DAOM186360 Mucilago crustacea Mucilago crustacea Territoires du Nord-Ouest [Not on label] George P. White Mucilago crustacea species DAOM myxo list feb 2022.xlsx 8817 INAT13961745 Mucilago crustacea Mucilago crustacea Territoires du Nord-Ouest Fort Resolution, NT X0E, Canada 61.172054 -113.673764 gailbeaulieu gailbeaulieu Mucilago crustacea species observations-inaturalist-218441.xlsx
Score: 
BE

Area of Occupancy

12,168km2
Threats

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
C
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Need more specimens; 3 sites so far« Dead wood and leaves and encrusting the stem of living plants. Extremely common and widely distributed. Cosmopolitan.» Alexop. & Martin,« The Myxomycetes.», U. Iowa, 1969.
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Rank drafted by S Carriere(2019) based on photographed by Jeff Hollett (2017-2018); Modified from Und to Secure ( Jan 2023 based on infor from S Beland (ECCC contract)
Last Updated: 
February 14, 2023

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