Phil Bendle Collection:Mould (Slime) Enteridium lycoperdon: Difference between revisions

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A new fruiting body.<br />
A new fruiting body.<br />
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A mature fruiting body
A mature fruiting body


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Photo of the underside of the fruiting body when removed from the wooden host.<br />
Photo of the underside of the fruiting body when removed from the wooden host.<br />
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Here the fruiting body is cut open to show the tightly packed spores.<br />
Here the fruiting body is cut open to show the tightly packed spores.<br />
[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0007/8674/Reticularia_lycoperdon__2_.JPG
[[File:Reticularia lycoperdon 2 .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]


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Latest revision as of 15:13, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Amoebozoa
Phylum: Mycetozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Liceales
Family: Reticulariaceae
Genus: Enteridium
Species: E. lycoperdon
Binomial name: Enteridium lycoperdon (Bull.) M.L. Farr, 1976.
Synonyms: Reticularia lycoperdon (Bull.), Fuligo lycoperdon (Bull.) Schumach, Lycogala punctata Pers, Lycogala turbinata Pers, Mucor lycogalus Bolton, Reticularia umbrina Fr., Strongylium fuliginoides (Pers.) Ditmar.

Enteridium lycoperdonis a cosmopolitan slime mould whose habitat is decaying wood. It can be quite variable in size and colour. Usually, it has a cap diameter of 5-80mm. It appears frequently throughout the year but is more prevalent during Spring. The plasmodium stage is white and is more or less rounded. A mature fruiting body takes on a silvery white colour from spore deposits. The dry, spongy interior produces copious amounts of red-brown spores in the manner of a puffball which it is not.

A new fruiting body.
Slime Mould.JPG

A mature fruiting body

Reticularia lycoperdon 1 .JPG

Photo of the underside of the fruiting body when removed from the wooden host.
Reticularia lycoperdon 3 .JPG

Here the fruiting body is cut open to show the tightly packed spores.
Reticularia lycoperdon 2 .JPG 

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