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slime mould

Infraphylum Mycetozoa

Photo by EmilieChich
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Description:

Perfectly round "beads" of approximately 1 mm across, on rotting wood in oak forest. This mould comes in yellow and white; is it the same species?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
EmilieChich
The same goes for me, too, unfortunately. But thanks anyway, Mark, I appreciate your interest.
Mark Ridgway
They are arranged similarly which I think can be indicative but I'm certainly no expert.
Mark Ridgway
There are about 900 species known. They fall into several groups mostly based upon microstructures so you would probably need high detail macro shots to go to species. What would matter with these would be whether they are on stalks and if they have multiple balls on each base for example. You might just be best to leave it at Class: Myxomycetes although sometimes the larger pattern they make gives an ID too. It was only fairly recently that they were moved out of they fungi kingdom and into Amoebozoa
EmilieChich
Thank you Mark, I think you are right. I shall try to look further into the Trichiidae family, but if you have any specifications...?
Mark Ridgway
Hi Emilie - I think what you have is a slime mold not fungi. http://www.hampshirefungi.org.uk/progm.php?id=HF1004

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PublishedOctober 1, 2013

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