Myxomycetes
Newsletter # 10 (861) March 30, 2020
On April 6, 2020 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 3 postage stamps of the series “Myxomycetes”. Photos: Yevgeniy Moroz. Design: Marina Yurchik. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: comb 13: 131/2. Stamps size: 26x37 mm. Sheets composition: 6 (3x2) stamps. Sheets size: 97x93 mm. Print quantity: 36.000 stamps each. Printer: Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A. T. Nepogodin”. Face value A is equal to the tariff of a letter up to 20 gram within Belarus. Face value N is equal to the surface tariff of a postcard abroad. Face value H is equal to the surface tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad. |
No. 1340  Arcyria globosa A  Element of protection |  |
No. 1341  Cribraria purpurea N  Element of protection |  |
No. 1342  Wolf cub Н  Element of protection |  |
A sheetlet is also issued. Sheetlet composition: 6 (2 sets) stamps. Sheetlet size: 123x90 mm. Print quantity: 8.000 sheetlets. |
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Myxomycetes, or slime molds, are a group of organisms close to fungi, which in many modern systems is considered as an independent class. These amazing miniature organisms are little known because of their small size and secretive lifestyle. In fact, myxomycetes can be found in nature at every step: they settle in moist places in the forest, on dead leaves, wood, tree bark and on old fences. Along with fungi and bacteria, myxomycetes are actively involved in the decomposition of organic residues and the formation of a soil substrate suitable for plant growth. The project was prepared in cooperation with the V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the NAS of Belarus and the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Photos for the project were made by a research associate of the laboratory of mycology of the V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the NAS of Belarus Ye.L.Moroz at the Centre for the collective use of scientific equipment "Cellular and molecular technologies for the study of plants and fungi" of the V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS with the support of Professor Yu.K.Novozhilov, Doctor of Biological Sciences. The stamps and coupons depict the segments which indicate the real height of the myxomycetes sporangia. |
 |  Colour of the postmark — black. Special postmark and FDC designed by M.Yurchik. Photos by Ye.Moroz. |
A special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the post office No.1 of Minsk (shop “Philately”, 16 Moskovskaya street) on the stamps issuing day. |
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