Description

Ecology, distribution and habitat. Associated with acidic bark (bark of living Callitris columellaris, pH 4.4 – K. J. Knight MC 169, bark of prone dead Acacia aneura, pH 5.3 – K. J. Knight MC 154) and wood-based insect casings. The three known records are disjunct in WesternAustralia (WesternAustralian Herbarium 1998 –), occurring in semi-arid to arid areas in the Little Sandy Desert, Murchison and Avon Wheatbelt bioregions (Department of the Environment 2013). The type collection and K. J. Knight MC 169 are from sparse mulga over spinifex rangeland with summer rainfall, while M. H. Brims 608 is from a region characterised by eucalypt woodland or proteaceous scrub with winter rainfall.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Protista

Phylum: Mycetozoa

Class: Myxomycetes

Order: Echinosteliales

Family: Clastodermataceae

Genus: Clastoderma

Species: Clastoderma confusum K.J.Knight & Lado, 2020