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White Slime Mould

DateFri 2010-10-15

What I think is a slime mould, probably Mucilago crustacea.  The white blobs are newly-forming sporangia.

Within a metre of the above I came the following, which I take to be a more mature form of the same species in which the sporangia have burst and released their spores:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-07.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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