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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 30 Article 28 1976 Preliminary Checklist of Arkansas Acrasieae Ron Rosen Hendrix College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas  Part of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Recommended Citation Rosen, Ron (1976) "Preliminary Checklist of Arkansas Acrasieae," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 30 , Article 28. Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/28 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXX,1976 75APreliminary Checklist of Arkansas AcrasieaeRON ROSEN*Department of Biology,Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032A study of the distribution of the Acrasiomycota inArkansas wasconducted which included identification and culturing. TheAcrasiomycota species were collected from soil, dung, and leafmoldduring January 1976. Sampling sites included a mesic forest typepredominated by white oak (Quercus alba) and mockernut hickory(Carya tomentosa) inVan Buren County (T9NR12W NW NW27) anda dry forest type characterized by shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata),black hickory (Carya texana), and white oak inPulaski County (TINR12W center 32). Isolation of the Acrasieae was accomplished by themethods established byRaper and Cavender (1965a).Nine species ofcellular slime molds were recovered from Arkansassoils. Five of these Acrasieae are reported to be universal inhabitat,Dictyostelium mucoroides, D. purpureum. D. polycephalum,Polysphondylium pallidum, and P. violaceum inhabiting tropical,temperate, and Asian forests (Cavender 1976, Bonner 1967). Theother four species isolated, Guttulinopsij, D. minutum,D. lacteum,and Acrasis, may have a restricted range.In their study of Acrasieae distribution in the eastern forests ofNorth America, Raper and Cavender (1965b) sampled the soil of theoak-hickory forest at Rich Mountain Gap, Arkansas. Of the ninespecies recovered in the present study, D. polycephalum, Acrasis,and Guttulinopsis were undetected by Raper and Cavender inArkansas.LITERATURECITEDBONNER, J.T. 1967. The cellular slime molds, 2nd ed. PrincetonUniversity Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 205 pp.CAVENDER, JAMES C. 1976. Cellular slime molds of SoutheastAsia. I.Description ofnew species. Amer. J.Bot. 63(1):60-70.RAPER, K.B. and J.C. CAVENDER. 1965a. The Acrasieae innature. I.Isolation. Amer. J. Bot. 52(3):294-296.RAPER, K.B. and J.C. CAVENDER. 1965b. The Acrasieae innature. III.Occurrence and distribution in forests of EasternNorth America. Amer. J. Bot. 52(3):302-308.KiiRosen is a member of the Arkansas Collegiate Academy ofnee and his paper has been sponsored by G.T. Clark, Hendrix75Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 30 [1976], Art. 28Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1976

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 30 Article 281976Preliminary Checklist of Arkansas AcrasieaeRon RosenHendrix CollegeFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaasPart of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology CommonsThis article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able toread, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking priorpermission from the publisher or the author.This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academyof Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu, ccmiddle@uark.edu.Recommended CitationRosen, Ron (1976) "Preliminary Checklist of Arkansas Acrasieae," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 30 , Article 28.Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/28Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXX,1976 75APreliminary Checklist of Arkansas AcrasieaeRON ROSEN*Department of Biology,Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032A study of the distribution of the Acrasiomycota inArkansas wasconducted which included identification and culturing. TheAcrasiomycota species were collected from soil, dung, and leafmoldduring January 1976. Sampling sites included a mesic forest typepredominated by white oak (Quercus alba) and mockernut hickory(Carya tomentosa) inVan Buren County (T9NR12W NW NW27) anda dry forest type characterized by shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata),black hickory (Carya texana), and white oak inPulaski County (TINR12W center 32). Isolation of the Acrasieae was accomplished by themethods established byRaper and Cavender (1965a).Nine species ofcellular slime molds were recovered from Arkansassoils. Five of these Acrasieae are reported to be universal inhabitat,Dictyostelium mucoroides, D. purpureum. D. polycephalum,Polysphondylium pallidum, and P. violaceum inhabiting tropical,temperate, and Asian forests (Cavender 1976, Bonner 1967). Theother four species isolated, Guttulinopsij, D. minutum,D. lacteum,and Acrasis, may have a restricted range.In their study of Acrasieae distribution in the eastern forests ofNorth America, Raper and Cavender (1965b) sampled the soil of theoak-hickory forest at Rich Mountain Gap, Arkansas. Of the ninespecies recovered in the present study, D. polycephalum, Acrasis,and Guttulinopsis were undetected by Raper and Cavender inArkansas.LITERATURECITEDBONNER, J.T. 1967. The cellular slime molds, 2nd ed. PrincetonUniversity Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 205 pp.CAVENDER, JAMES C. 1976. Cellular slime molds of SoutheastAsia. I.Description ofnew species. Amer. J.Bot. 63(1):60-70.RAPER, K.B. and J.C. CAVENDER. 1965a. The Acrasieae innature. I.Isolation. Amer. J. Bot. 52(3):294-296.RAPER, K.B. and J.C. CAVENDER. 1965b. The Acrasieae innature. III.Occurrence and distribution in forests of EasternNorth America. Amer. J. Bot. 52(3):302-308.KiiRosen is a member of the Arkansas Collegiate Academy ofnee and his paper has been sponsored by G.T. Clark, Hendrix75Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 30 [1976], Art. 28Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1976

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