Instituto de Ecología, Apartado Postal 63, Jalapa, Ver. 91070, Mexico.
Mycologia. 2004 Nov-Dec;96(6):1370-9. doi: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11832886.
The type of Scleroderma stellatum from Brazil exhibits a sharp echinulate, dark brown peridium, and the type of S. bermudense from Bermuda has a peridium that is loosely woven and fibrillose, whitish to pale brownish. These characters indicate two independent species. This information is contrary to that of Guzmán in 1970, who interpreted S. bermudense to be a synonym of S. stellatum based on the similar spores. Scleroderma echinatum from Borneo and Panama, as recently discussed by Guzmán and Ovrebo, also has an echinulate, dark brown peridium and is a synonym of S. stellatum. All these fungi have a stellate dehiscence. New records of S. bermudense from the Greater Antilles and Mexico's Pacific Coast, and Veligaster nitidum from Virgin Islands also are discussed.
巴西产的星状丝膜菌具有锐刺状、深棕色的包被，百慕大产的星状丝膜菌的包被疏松且呈纤维状，颜色为白色到浅棕色。这些特征表明它们是两个独立的物种。这与 1970 年 Guzmán 的观点相反，他根据相似的孢子将百慕大产的星状丝膜菌解释为星状丝膜菌的同义词。最近 Guzmán 和 Ovrebo 讨论了来自婆罗洲和巴拿马的丝膜菌属棘孢木霉，它也具有刺状、深棕色的包被，是星状丝膜菌的同义词。所有这些真菌都具有星状开裂模式。还讨论了百慕大产的星状丝膜菌在大安的列斯群岛和墨西哥太平洋海岸的新记录，以及维利加斯特棘孢木霉在维尔京群岛的新记录。
