Identity confirmed
After finding the slime mould in my previous uploaded picture and speculating it’s likely identity as Comatrichia nigra work meant it was a week before I could return to the site and the mature mould had developed to confirm the identity.
These tiny 2-3mm long spores would be invisible to a casual passer by on the rotting beech. It was only with seeing the pale lemon immature form that I knew they were there and even then it took me a while to pick them out, and even longer to get a photo given how the colour blends in on the wood, the sun coming out eventually aiding.
Identity confirmed
After finding the slime mould in my previous uploaded picture and speculating it’s likely identity as Comatrichia nigra work meant it was a week before I could return to the site and the mature mould had developed to confirm the identity.
These tiny 2-3mm long spores would be invisible to a casual passer by on the rotting beech. It was only with seeing the pale lemon immature form that I knew they were there and even then it took me a while to pick them out, and even longer to get a photo given how the colour blends in on the wood, the sun coming out eventually aiding.