Physarum cf. leucophaeum Fr. & Palmquist, Symb.

Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, Phytotaxa 624 (1), pp. 1-92 : 68

132. Physarum cf. leucophaeum Fr. & Palmquist, Symb. gasteromyc., fasc. 3: 24 (1818)

Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Asunción, Chacas , route AN-107, km 75, 3332 m, 9º09′39”S, 77º23′05”W, 10 May 2018, woody debris, Lado 26241 (MA-Fungi 97044), Lado 26242 (MA-Fungi 97045). Carhuaz, Shilla, Huascaran N.P., route AN-107, km 25, park entrance, 3704 m, 9º10′06.5”S, 77º34′57.2”W, 21 Apr 2013, leaves of Tillandsia sp. , Lado 23055 (MA-Fungi 95219, USM), Lado 23056 (MA-Fungi 95220) . Cusco: Espinar, Coporaque community, 20 km southwest of Espinar , 3945 m, 14º54′21”S, 71º31′17”W, 23 Apr 2016, leaves and stems of Festuca orthophylla, Lado 24694 (MA-Fungi 95958) . Huancavelica: Huaytara, Pilpichaca, route PE-28A, km 170, Chaupi , 4347 m, 13º27′43”S, 75º01′59”W, 19 Apr 2017, leaves of Festuca sp. , Lado 24813 (MA-Fungi 96020) . Junin: Huancayo, Huancayo, route 108, km 10, 8 km southwest of Acopalca , 3505 m, 12º00′18”S, 75º09′38”W, 27 Apr 2017, leaves of Puya sp. , Lado 25452 (MA-Fungi 96605) .

Notes. The state of deterioration of the examined material has not allowed us to confirm the identification of the species. However, as it has a subglobose to hemispherical white sporotheca and a dense capillitium with calcareous nodules and rounded edges, it likely belongs to this species.