Leptoderma G. Lister, J. Bot.

Lado, Carlos & Basanta, Diana Wrigley De, 2018, Typification of the myxomycete taxa described by the Listers and preserved at the Natural History Museum, London (BM), Phytotaxa 341 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

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Leptoderma G. Lister, J. Bot. View in CoL 51: 1. 1913

— Typus: Leptoderma iridescens G. Lister, J. Bot. View in CoL 51: 1. 1913

— Typus specimen: UNITED KINGDOM. England , Bedfordshire, Woburn Sands, 52.015ºN 0.649ºW, 4 Nov 1911, K. Higgins ( BM 3075 !, BM001089227 + three slides BM s.n.!, 2, 3, BM001223757 , BM001223758 , BM001223759 ) GoogleMaps .

[BM] 3075 / Leptoderma / iridescens GL / Woburn Sands, Beds. 4.11.11/ Miss K. Higgins/ N.XXXII.29–33,37/ BM001089227. + three slides BM s.n., 2, 3/ BM001223757, BM001223758, BM001223759.

NOTES: In BM there are several collections of Leptoderma iridescens G. Lister labelled as “ Type collection” (see below). We designate here BM 3075 as the generitype specimen, the material is mentioned in the original description and is in good conditions. The genus Leptoderma currently has two species, L. iridescens G. Lister and L. megaspora Aramb. & Spinedi.