Physarum galbeum Wingate, 1899

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 : 67

127. Physarum galbeum Wingate , in Macbride, N. Amer. Slime-moulds, ed. 1, 53 (1899)

Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Recuay, Ticapampa, Catac , route AN-110, km 8, 3735 m, 9º45′46”S, 77º23′49”W, 11 May 2018, stems of Scirpus sp. , Lado 26270 (MA-Fungi 97072), Lado 26275 (MA-Fungi 97077) . Junin: Yauli, Morococha, Marmolejo lagoon, Ticlio mine, route PE-22, km 133, 4715 m, 11º35′51.5”S, 76º10′47.4”W, 23 Sep 2012, grasses, Lado 21759 (MA-Fungi 94525) .

Notes. The material studied matched the species description in Martin & Alexopoulos (1969); however, some collections presented a slightly orange colour at the bases of the sporothecae. Besides, the collection Lado 26270 was the only one with smooth spores.