Wed 2012-05-09 
Slime mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa growing on decaying wood. This is the filamentous form; there is also a poroid form which looks like like a sponge.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-06.
Wed 2012-04-18 
From two years ago: slime mould Lycogala epidendrum growing on decaying wood.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-15.
Thu 2012-04-05 
Yesterday morning I came across this yellow slime mould on the end of a log. It was near some old Ganoderma applanatum fungus, but that might have just been coincidental. Most of the slime mould's sporangia had burst to release the fluffy yellow spore mass, leaving a honey-comb of empty sporangia shells:
Under the microscope the spores look like this (x600):
And the spore mass contains these twisted capillitium filaments with pointed ends (also x600):
Taken together these indicate that the species is Trichia varia.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-04.
Sun 2012-02-19 
A hairy yellow slime mould, probably a Trichia sp, growing on a decaying log.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-02-17.
Thu 2012-02-09 
Slime mould Fuligo septica growing on Stereum fungus on a decaying log.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-15.
