Slime Mould

Fruiting bodies of the slime mould Lycogala epidendrum growing on a decaying log.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-30.

Slime Mould

A slime mould, probably Badhamia panicae.

In the following image you can see that, where the calcified sporangial wall has split, the spore-mass contains badhamioid (calcified) particles of capillitium:

These were take at 60x magnification (field width 860um).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-17.

Slime Mould

Sporangia of the slime mould Badhamia utricularis.

Three days later the sporangia had turned grey:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2011-11-12 and 2011-11-15 respectively.

Slime Mould

Slime mould Fuligo septica.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-24.

Eggs

A couple of years ago, I broke open the rotten trunk of a conifer tree and came across these.  I think they are slugs eggs.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-04-14.