Trichia varia (Pers.) Pers.
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrichia varia (a slime mould)
GenusTrichia (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyTRICHIACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderTRICHIIDA (an order of slime moulds)
ClassMYXOGASTREA (slime moulds, myxomycetes)
SubphylumMYCETOZOA (a subphylum of slime moulds)
PhylumAMOEBOZOA (amoebae and cellular slime moulds)
SubkingdomSARCOMASTIGOTA (a subkingdom of protozoans)
KingdomPROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Trichia varia (a slime mould) :
1: Trichia varia (a slime mould)
26 Sep 2015 OSGR: SU23 51° 10’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
on dead, fallen, very rotten oak wood
Image 1: SporocarpsImage 2: Sporocarps - enlargedImage 3: Sporocarps - enlarged (2)Image 4: Sporocarps - enlarged (3)Image 5: Sporocarps - enlarged (4)Image 6: Sporocarps - highly enlargedImage 7: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (3)Image 9: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (4)Image 10: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (5)Image 11: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (6)Image 12: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (7)Image 13: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (8)Image 14: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (9)Image 15: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (10)Image 16: Sporocarps - highly enlarged (11)Image 17: Sporocarps - unripe - enlargedImage 18: Sporocarps - unripe - highly enlargedImage 19: Sporocarps - unripe - highly enlarged (2)Image 20: Elaters - magnifiedImage 21: Elaters - magnified (2)Image 22: Elaters - highly magnifiedImage 23: Peridial fragmentImage 24: Peridum fragment, spores and elaters - magnifiedImage 25: Spores and elaters - magnifiedImage 26: Spores and elaters - magnified (2)Image 27: Spores and elaters - magnified (3)Image 28: Spores and elaters - magnified (4)Image 29: Spores - focused on profile - highly magnifiedImage 30: Spores - focused on profile - highly magnified (2)Image 31: Spores - focused on profile or surface - highly magnifiedImage 32: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 33: Spores - surface texture - highly magnified
2: Trichia varia (a slime mould)
8 Oct 1978 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on dead wood
Image 1: Sporocarps - immature - top view - enlargedImage 2: Sporocarps - mature - top view - enlargedImage 3: Spores and capillitium - magnifiedImage 4: Sporocarps - immature - side view - magnifiedImage 5: Sporocarps - immature - side view - magnified (2)Image 6: Sporocarps - mature - side view - magnifiedImage 7: Sporocarps - mature - side view - magnified (2)
3: Trichia varia (a slime mould)
19 Dec 1969 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on wood
Image 1: Capillitium and sporesImage 2: Sporocarps - side view - magnifiedImage 3: Sporocarps - top view - magnified

Trichia varia (a slime mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trichia varia (a slime mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Trichia varia (a slime mould)

A very common myxomycete with milky white plasmodium ripening to unstalked to shortly stalked, dull yellow to ochraceous or olivaceous sporocarps. These may appear in one’s and two’s or grow as a turf.

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