MYXOMYCETES FROM ALASKA

Ninety species of myxomycetes are reported from Alaska. The majority o f these records are the result of field and moist chamber collections made in the central and western portions of the state during the perio d of 1989 to 1995. Additional information on the source of the record and the substratum upon which fruiting occurred is provided for each s pecies reported from Alaska for the first time. The myxoflora of Alask a is compared to that of other high-latitude areas of the northern hem isphere.