Entries in Slime moulds (49)

Friday
Feb132015

Slime Mould

Slime mould Trichia varia.

I took the following specimen:

This yielded the following spores (magnification x600, 86um field width):

And the capillitial strands have short tapered ends:

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-12-23.

Thursday
Feb122015

Slime Mould

Slime mould Enteridium lycoperdon growing on a birch tree (Betula sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-04.

Wednesday
Feb112015

Slime Mould

Slime mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2012-10-24.

Tuesday
Feb102015

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.

Sunday
Feb082015

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.