Table 2. Details of herbarium specimens used in the study and success (+) in amplification of partial SSU rDNA gene from myxomycetes collections using four tested procedures (see ‘Material and Methods’ for details).
| Approx. size of a single sporocarp | Procedures | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Taxonomical group | Species | Specimen origin | Herbarium accession number at KRAM | Year of collection | Length (mm) | Width (mm) | Number of sporocarps used in ‘standard method’ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | GenBank accession number |
| 1 | Cri | Cribraria cf. persoonii Nann.-Bremek. | Poland | M-1075 | 2002 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 10 | + | – | + | + | MN104036 |
| 2 | Cri | Licea parasitica (Zukal) G.W. Martin | Poland | M-1599 | 2004 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 20 | + | – | + | + | MN104046 |
| 3 | Phy | Diachea leucopodia (Bull.) Rostaf. | Poland | M-1767 | 2000 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6 | + | – | + | + | MN104037 |
| 4 | Phy | Diderma microcarpum Meyl. | France | M-1323 | 2007 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7 | + | – | + | + | MN104039 |
| 5 | Phy | Didymium nigripes (Link) Fr. | Poland | M-1771 | 2003 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8 | – | – | – | + | MN104040 |
| 6 | Phy | Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Rostaf. | Poland | M-1769 | 2000 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104044 |
| 7 | Phy | Lepidoderma chailletii Rostaf. | Poland | M-1145 | 2004 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104045 |
| 8 | Phy | Physarum andinum A.Ronikier & Lado | Argentina | M-1541 | 2009 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5 | – | – | – | + | MN104050 |
| 9 | Phy | Physarum bivalve Pers. | Poland | M-1768 | 2000 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5 | + | – | + | + | MN104051 |
| 10 | Ste | Comatricha nigra (Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) J. Schröt. | Finland | M-1766 | 1994 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8 | + | – | + | + | MN104035 |
| 11 | Ste | Diacheopsis metallica Meyl. | France | M-1456 | 2008 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104038 |
| 12 | Ste | Lamproderma cucumer (Meyl.) Nowotny & H. Neubert | France | M-1338 | 2008 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104042 |
| 13 | Ste | Lamproderma sauteri Rostaf. | France | M-1334 | 2008 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104043 |
| 14 | Ste | Stemonitopsis hyperopta (Meyl.) Nann.-Bremek. | Poland | M-1087 | 2003 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 5 | + | – | + | + | MN104052 |
| 15 | Tri | Arcyria obvelata (Oeder) Onsberg | Poland | M-1083 | 2002 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 5 | + | + | + | + | MN104034 |
| 16 | Tri | Hemitrichia minor G. Lister | Portugal | M-1638 | 2015 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8 | + | + | + | + | MN104041 |
| 17 | Tri | Metatrichia floriformis (Schwein.) Nann.-Bremek. | Poland | M-1770 | 2009 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8 | + | + | + | + | MN104047 |
| 18 | Tri | Oligonema schweinitzii (Berk.) G.W. Martin | France | M-1466 | 2008 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10 | + | + | + | – | MN104048 |
| 19 | Tri | Perichaena corticalis (Batsch) Rostaf. | Poland | M-1090 | 2003 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10 | + | + | + | + | MN104049 |
Notes. Taxonomical groups: Cri, Cribrariales; Phy, Physarales; Ste, Stemonitidales; Tri, Trichiales; (see Lado & Eliasson, 2017).