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Slime Molds (Myxomycetes = Myxogastrea) in the Inder Salt Dome Region (Western Kazakhstan)

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An annotated list of myxomycetes of the Inder salt dome region is provided. The list includes 35 species, 18 have been recorded for the first time in the Atyraus Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The list also contains data on the locations, habitats, substrates, and dates of the collected samples, indicating the collection numbers of the herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute (LE). Most identified species are widespread in different plant communities and types of substrates. Their number decreases progressively in the sequence of vegetation communities from (1) sage-brush white steppe community Artemisia lercheana on light brown soils with participation of Krascheninnikovia ceratoides and Spiraea hypericifolia in depressions (26 species), (2) sage-brush white steppe communities Artemisia lercheana on cretaceous soil with participation of Krascheninnikovia ceratoides and Anabasis aphylla (21 species), (3) sage-brush steppe communities with Artemisia pauciflora, Anabasis salsa, Atriplex cana (14 species). There are 23 species noted in the “tugay” community: Tamarix ramosissima with Artemisia lercheana, Alhagi pseudalhagi and Peganum harmala. The number of species varies significantly on different substrates. The largest species richness (29) is noted in the epiphytic complex, on the woody parts of the semishrubs, as well as on the bark of shrubs. Arcyria minuta, A. pomiformis, Badhamia spinispora, Comatricha pulchella, Didymium inconspicuum, and Physarum didermoides are found only on these types of substrates. A slightly smaller number (26) is noted on different ground plant litter. Interestingly, Badhamia utricularis is only found on this substrate. Sixteen and nine species were identified on wood debris and weathered dung of herbivorous animals, respectively.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The study was performed using equipment of the Joint Facilities Center “Cellular and Molecular Technologies to Study Plants and Fungi,” Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Laboratory studies were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-04-01232 А) and State Research Program of he Komarov Botanical Institute “Biodiversity, Ecology, and Structure-Functional Features of Fungi and Molds” (АААА-А19-119020890079-6); field studies were supported by the grant “Global Biodiversity of Eumycetozoans” (United States, NSF, DEB-0316284, chief prof. S.L. Stephenson).

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Zemlianskaia, I.V., Novozhilov, Y.K. Slime Molds (Myxomycetes = Myxogastrea) in the Inder Salt Dome Region (Western Kazakhstan). Biol Bull Rev 13 (Suppl 1), S50–S58 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079086423070137

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