Occurrence and Distribution of Cellular Slime Molds in Southern Mountains in Korea

우리나라 남부 지역의 주요 삼림에서의 세포성 점균의 출현과 분포

Seventeen dictyostelids occurred in the southern mountains in Korea. Total clones per site was 7,491 and average number of species was 7.6. Dominant species in the each mountains were as follow; Dityostelium firmibasis in Kayasan, D. minutum in Kyeryongsan, D. firmibasis in Naejangsan, D. brefeldianum in Dukyusan, D. microsporum in Palgougnan, P. pallidum in Tohamnan, P. pallidum in Koryong. However, dominant species was D. brefeldianum in the southern mountains. Average frequency, relative density and presence were impartially high in all sites. It wan not dominant except Dukyusan. And it had not been reported to he common species until now in Korea. D. mucoroides an wan not dominant species in all sites, it wan the dominant species second to D. brefeldianum.