Slime mould fruiting body on dead birch tree
Observed by Jonathan
on 11th April 2009
on 11th April 2009(Added to iSpot on 11th April 2009)
Slime mould fruiting body on dead birch tree
Location: Highgate Wood
Other observations of Reticularia (Enteridium) lycoperdon
Comments
I did wonder about it being a
14 April 2009 - 2:00pm — Jonathan
I did wonder about it being a slime mould. There were spores under the papery white covering.
Jonathan
Open University - Biodiversity Observatory
Good time to look out for
14 April 2009 - 5:04pm — miked
Good time to look out for myxos e.g.
http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/1065
but this is not the same as the white mass. Must get a book on them.
Slime moulds have a
16 April 2009 - 7:49am — Jonathan
Slime moulds have a fascinating biology. In some of them the individual cells move around independently when feeding on bacteria and then coalesce to form a fruiting body to reproduce.
They are in fact not moulds (fungi) and include several unrelated groups. See the entry in Wikipedia
Jonathan
Open University - Biodiversity Observatory
are you sure it was a fungus
are you sure it was a fungus not a slime mould starting to turn from its porridge state, did you feel it and find out how hard it was?