Didymium squamulosum
The length of stalk is quite variable and the stalk is usually fluted. Up to1.5 mm tall, appearing globose or depressed-globose, or discoid and deeply umbilicate below. 0.3 to 1.0 mm in diameter. Fruiting body may be covered with a thick, white crust of stellate lime crystals.
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Usually found on leaf litter.
Autumn and early winter.
Scattered to gregarious.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 January 2022
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 January 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Slime Moulds
- Kingdom:
- Protozoa
- Order:
- Stemonitida
- Family:
- Didymiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 29/01/2022 (N, Matt)
- Last record:
- 01/03/2023 (N, Matt)
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mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 January 2022
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 January 2022
