Dictyostelids from Jilin Province, China II Author Liu, Pu Author Li, Yu text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-09-26 323 1 77 82 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.323.1.6 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.323.1.6 1179-3163 13696816 Dictyostelium brefeldianum H. Hagiw., Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus. , Tokyo , Ser. B, 10(1): 39 (1984) . Sorocarps ( Fig 2G ) solitary, usually unbranched, phototropic, prostrate. Sorophores colorless, sinuous, 0.6–4.5(10.5) mm long, tapering from bases to tips, usually consisting of one tier of cells except for the bases and tips, bases ( Fig 2H ) conical or round, tips ( Fig 2I ) capitate. Sori white, globose, 25–230(280) μm diam. Spores ( Fig 2J ) hyaline, oblong, mostly 5.3–7.3 × 3.0–4.0 μm, without polar granules, sometimes with irregular granules. Cell aggregations radiate. Pseudoplasmodia do not migrate, usually producing single sorogens. Myxamoebae ( Fig 2K ) irregular or triangular in the direction of movement. Cultures examined . HMJAU MR043. Strain 0081–2 isolated in 2009 from mixed forest soil ( 861 m elevation) collected in the Wangqing National Nature Reserve, Jilin Province , China , in the same year. Known distribution . U.S.A. , Canada , Germany , England , France , Denmark , Switzerland , Japan , New Guinea , Nepal , Uganda , Ukraine , Korea , and China . Commentary . Dictyostelium brefeldianum is a medium-sized cosmopolitan species that is often prostrate and strongly phototropic. This study extends its worldwide distribution in China .