A slime mould for Harold

BugsrusBugsrus Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins
in Holy Macro

Found this one today on rotting wood in mixed forest. It really is a striking colour. Each fruiting body is about 2 mm I would guess.

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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins

    Ed,

    Nice colony.

    Possibly Trichia decipiens but its too crowded and it looks like the stems are going to elongate. Maybe a Hemitrichia. Worth another look if you can locate it,

    Harold

  • BugsrusBugsrus Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins

    We found two colonies yesterday. They were about 5 km apart but at the same stage. I might try and walk up the hill this evening. These were big colonies.

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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2020

    @Bugsrus said:
    We found two colonies yesterday. They were about 5 km apart but at the same stage. I might try and walk up the hill this evening. These were big colonies.

    It's well worth collecting a sample to monitor its ongoing development.

    Harold

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