Badhamia capsulifera var. arborea G. Lister, 1925

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

Badhamia capsulifera var. arborea G. Lister , in Lister, Monogr. mycetozoa, ed. 3, 10. 1925

= Badhamia capsulifera (Bull.) Berk., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 21(2): 153. 1853

— Lectotypus (designated here): UNITED KINGDOM. Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Rhynie, 57º19’N 2º50’W, on lichen with B. versicolor and Hymenobolina, Aug 1903 , W. Cran (BM 2412!, BM001089970). Syntypus: UNITED KINGDOM. Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, 57.154ºN 2.284ºW, Sep 1912 (BM 2412!, BM001089995). Syntypus: UNITED KINGDOM. Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, 57.154ºN 2.284ºW, Nov 1916 (BM 2412!, BM001089996). Syntypus: UNITED KINGDOM. Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, Skene, 57.154ºN 2.284ºW, 24 Sep 1912, G. Lister & W. Cran / XXXII.143 (one slide BM s.n.!, 22, BM001089997).

[BM] 2412 / Badhamia capsulifera Berk. / var. arborea / On lichen with B. versicolor , &c./ Hymenobolina . Rhynie, 8.03/ W. Cran, NXXIIp.28/ BM001089970 [on the same label and in the box there are two other fragments of material from “Westhill, 9.12, XXXII.143/ BM001089995” and “Typical Westhill 11.16, N. 38.78/ BM001089996”]. BM s.n. one slide 22/ Badhamia / capsulifera Berk. / var. arborea / Westhill, Skene/ 24.9.12/ GL & W. Cran/ XXXII.143./ BM001089997.

NOTES: Lister (1925) mentions that the epithet var. arborea is “arboreal, from the sporangia appearing on living trees” and that it “has been obtained repeatedly in Aberdenshire by the Rev. W. Cran among moss and lichen on trunks of living trees, associated with B. versicolor and B. affinis ”. We designated BM 2412 as the lectotype as it is the only collection in BM with data that coincide with the description. Notebook XXII: 28 is written on the label, and the specimen is commented on and illustrated there. In the same box there are two other fragments of material from “Westhill, 9.12, XXXII.143” and “Typical Westhill 11.16, N. 38.78” that we consider to be syntypes. In BM we also located a slide (22) with a reference to “Westhill, Skene, 24.9.12, GL & W. Cran XXXII.143” that we consider as a syntype. This variety is currently included in the concept of the species.