Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Ing, B. | 1987 | First Steps - a Beginner’s Guide: Why not look at Myxomycetes? | Mycologist Vol 01 (4): 162-163. |
Lycogala epidendrum (a slime mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycogala epidendrum (a slime mould) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycogala epidendrum (a slime mould) |
The dark grey aethalia are found on damp rotting wood.
The more common L. terrestre was not distinguished until recently.
The fragile pseudocapillitial tubes are 8-12µm diam (12-25µm in L. terrestre).
The red plasmodium, dark grey aethalia and grey spore mass separate it from L. terrestre.
L. terrestre.
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