Clastoderma debaryanum

Clastoderma debaryanum is a species of slime mold in the family Clastodermataceae. It has been recorded in every continent except for Antarctica.^[1]

Clastoderma debaryanum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Echinosteliales
Family:	Clastodermataceae
Genus:	Clastoderma
Species:	C. debaryanum
Binomial name
Clastoderma debaryanum A. Blytt 1880

This species is found on decaying wood or bark, but is not uncommon on the bark of living trees in moist chamber culture.^[2]

Description

The fruiting bodies are a stalked sporangium, approximately 1 mm tall.^[2][3] Light brown and globular sporotheca between 0.1 and 0.2 mm in diameter. Spores are 8–11 µm in diameter, with small warts. Plasmodium starts a watery white, but grows darker with age.^[2]