• A study case of two myxomycete surveys in a fir forest of central Mexico 

      Salazar Hernández, Berlia Beneric; Valverde González, Randall; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2021-07-13)
      Field collections and laboratory isolation in moist chamber cultures are two complementary techniques widely used to record sporocarps of myxomycetes. The species recorded using either method tend to be different due to ...
    • Comparative analysis on datasets of myxomycetes associated with boreal, temperate and tropical regions of North America 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Stephenson, Steven L. (2020-10)
      Datasets from boreal (Denali National Park, United States), temperate (Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States) and tropical (La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica) regions of North America were subjected ...
    • Ecological aspects of myxomycete assemblages in two Brazilian Cerrado landscapes 

      Leonardo Silva, Lucas; Cristina Moreira, Izabel; Camilo Cotrim, Carlos Filipe; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Xavier Santos, Solange (2021)
      We investigated the ecological aspects of the myxobiota associated with both the mesophilic and gallery forests from a fragment of the Cerrado biome located in the municipality of Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil. Myxomycete assemblages ...
    • Mosses as spore traps for myxomycetes 

      Stephenson, Steven L.; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2020-07-06)
      Small-mesh nylon bags filled with autoclaved samples of mosses were placed out in the field in northwest Arkansas and central Costa Rica to assess the extent to which mosses could serve as spore traps for myxomycetes. The ...
    • Myxomycete assemblage turnover across a moisture and elevation gradient in Costa Rica 

      Arenas Taborda, Alejandra; García Chaves, María Carolina; Niño García, Juan Pablo; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2021-07-13)
      The formation of sporocarps in myxomycetes depends on environmental characteristics, among which, moisture and temperature seem to be relevant in tropical areas. Since temperature is linked to elevation, the effect of both ...
    • Myxomycete colonization on translocated and non-translocated dead leaves from temperate and tropical forests 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Stephenson, Steven L.; Rojas Camacho, Pedro (2020-11)
      Samples of dead leaves on the forest floor were collected from a locality in central Costa Rica and another locality in northwest Arkansas in the United States and then were placed in fine-mesh nylon bags, autoclaved and ...
    • Myxomycete ecology in urban areas: rapid assessment from two cities 

      Rincón Marín, Carolina; García Chaves, María Carolina; Valverde González, Randall; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso (2021-02-25)
      Urban ecology has been an understudied topic in myxomycete research. For that reason, the present investigation aimed to generate data related to myxomycetes in urban areas of the Neotropical region. With an approach of ...
    • Myxomycetes within ecotones in temperate and tropical forests 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Valverde González, Randall; Somerville, Stephanie; Rollins, Adam W.; Stephenson, Steven L. (2021)
      Ecotones are interesting portions of forests where microorganisms can be studied for monitoring and diversity purposes. Given the faster life cycle of these organisms, their study in such a context is important to develop ...
    • New records of myxomycetes for the state of Veracruz from Cofre de Perote National Park 

      Salazar Hernández, Berlia Beneric; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Andrade Torres, Antonio; Medel Ortiz, Rosario (2021-09-20)
      Most of the species of myxomycetes from Mexico are well documented, but their patchy geographical and temporal distribution responds to the individual efforts carried out in different areas of the territory over time. As ...
    • Phenology of myxomycetes in Turrialba, Costa Rica 

      Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Rojas Camacho, Pedro; Stephenson, Steven L. (2021-05)
      Long-term monitoring and phenological patterns of microbial communities are rare in the scientific literature. Myxomycetes have life cycle characteristics that allow both to be documented. The present study summarizes ...
    • The role of sampling methodology and site selection on myxomycete data from the Neotropics 

      Rojas Alavarado, Carlos Alonso; Rollins, Adam W. (2022-06-21)
      Myxomycete sporocarps are practical units that can be used to study the effect of environmental issues such as climate change, urbanization, and natural disasters on microorganisms. Recent scientific literature lacks ...