BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Mucilago crustacea Wiggers (a slime mould)
| Notes (MWS) | A very common myxomycete producing pale masses encrusting the stems of trees or grasses. At first it resembles dog's vomit, but within 24 hours the spores mature and then it is more often mistaken for insect eggs. Mainly confined to calcareous areas. |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Mucilago crustacea var. crustacea P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg., 1780 (a slime mould) | 16 | 11 | 18 |
Suggested Literature
Mucilago crustacea may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms) |
MYXOMYCOTA (slime moulds) |
MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Mucilago crustacea:
| sporangium | sporangium is parasitised by Acremonium anamorph | Nectria candicans - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | ||
| sporangium | sporangium is parasitised by superficial, subiculate perithecium | Nectria candicans - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
Mucilago crustacea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYXOMYCETES (slime moulds) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
