Strumpshaw Fen Mycological Survey 2023

Fuligo cinerea

LOCATION FOUND: 

Basecamp

DATE FOUND: 

Day 1 – 12 August 2023

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This slime mould was spotted on a rotting log, growing around a bramble stem.

It was in one main aethalium, but spread out like sawdust around it.

On Day 2 (19 August 2023) the aethalium had started to disintegrate:

Further disintegration on Day 3 (24 August 2023):

Day 4 (26 August 2023):

On Day 5 (03 September 2023) the spore mass had collapsed: