新疆托木尔峰国家自然保护区是典型的现代冰川、山地、荒漠、草原、森林等混合生态系统，是西伯利亚与帕米尔、昆仑山之间物资交换桥梁的重要组成部分，这种特殊的环境条件下蕴藏着丰富而独特的生物资源，作为生物多样性重要组成部分的黏菌，在本地区的分布和资源情况尚不清楚。本项目是以新疆托木尔峰国家自然保护区混合生态系统中的黏菌为研究对象，通过对不同季节、海拔、生境和植被类型内黏菌标本的采集，结合基物样本（树叶、树皮、枯枝和动物粪便）湿室培养方法进行全面系统的本底资源调查，充分发掘本地区的黏菌资源，进一步探讨托木尔峰国家自然保护区黏菌随季节、海拔、生境和植被类型的演化关系，明确本地区黏菌的生态分布和物种多样性特征以及与中国内陆、中亚邻国和欧洲地区之间的差异和关联，建立种质资源库，以期为黏菌资源的开发利用以及黏菌的生态起源演化和特殊生境生态适应性研究提供科学理论基础。

Tomor Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinjiang is a typical mix-ecosystem of modern glaciers, mountains, deserts, grasslands and forests. It is an important part of the material exchanging bridge between Siberia, Pamir and Kunlun Mountains, and it contains abundant and unique biological resources. Myxomycetes is one of the most important groups in biodiversity study, however, their quantity and distribution in this area are largely unknown. This study will comprehensively and systematically investigate myxomycetes obtained from field collections and moist chamber cultures (cultured with leaves, bark, deadwood and animal dung) in different seasons, altitudes, microhabitats and vegetation types, and we aim to fully exploit myxomycetes resources in this region, to further investigate myxomycetes evolution with the seasons, altitudes, microhabitats and vegetation types, to clarify the ecological distribution and diversity of myxomycetes in this region, the differences and relations of the myxomycetes ecological distribution and diversity among mainland china, Central Asian neighbours and Europe, to establish a germplasm bank of myxomycetes, and to provide support for further study about the development and utilization of myxomycete resources, myxomycetes evolution and ecological adaptation.