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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.

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Uploaded on January 23, 2021
Taken on January 22, 2021