Trichia varia (Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) Pers., Neues Mag. Bot.

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 : 82

177. * Trichia varia (Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 90 (1794)

Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Huaraz, Olleros, bridge, pedestrian trail near Bedoya bridge, route PE-3N, km 561, 3296 m, 9º40′06”S, 77º38′49”W, 22 May 2014, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 23904a (MA-Fungi 95553). Huari, Huari, Colcas, 10 km south of Huamparán , 3084 m, 9º18′55”S, 77º10′02”W, 12 May 2018, leaves of Agave americana, Lado 26391 (MA-Fungi 97180). Huantar, Anyanga, 7 km north of Huantar , 3035 m, 9º25′43”S, 77º11′17”W, 13 May 2018, woody debris, Lado 26538 (MA-Fungi 97317). Recuay, Catac, route AN-110, km 18, Querococha lagoon, 4040 m, 9º43′27”S, 77º20′02”W, 24 May 2014, branches of Polylepis sp. , Lado 23856 (MAFungi 95508), bark of Polylepis sp. , Lado 23870 (MA-Fungi 95520). Catac, route AN-110, km 11, 3865 m, 9º44′57”S, 77º22′48”W, 24 May 2014, leaf litter of Buddleja sp. , Lado 23888 (MA-Fungi 95536), Lado 23891a (MA-Fungi 95538). Yungay, Yungay, Huascaran N.P., Llanganuco sector, Orconcocha lagoon, route AN-106, km 35,500, 3871 m, 9º03′52.0”S, 77º38′06.1”W, 19 Apr 2013, wood, Lado 22882 (MA-Fungi 95085) .

Notes. The Peruvian material matched the description of the species in Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991) and Lado & Pando (1997), slightly varying in the collection Lado 22882, in which the capillitium shows scattered spines.