Cribraria sp. (genus) (Slime mould)

The Cribrariaceae was established in 1838 (Hawksworth et al. 1995) to accommodate species possessing: i) a netlike covering that extends over either the entire surface of the fruiting body spore mass or upper sporotheca and ii) the presence of minute conspicuous granules.

This family have a distinct, stalked fruiting body with a net or ribbed covering over the spore mass. This is composed of a portion of the peridium that persists long after the spores have dispersed.

Sporangia are globose or piriform, stalked; sporangial wall either forming a cup in the lower half or reduced to a basal disc, continued above as a net of slender threads more or less expanded and thickened at the nodes, membranous and evanescent in the meshes of the net. Dark dictydine granules are present in the cup and nodes of the net.