Physarum album (Bull.) Chevall.
(a slime mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhysarum album (a slime mould)
GenusPhysarum (a genus of slime moulds)
FamilyPHYSARACEAE (a family of slime moulds)
OrderPHYSARIDA (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 Physarum album (a slime mould) :
1: Physarum album (a slime mould)
18 Sep 2002 OSGR: TQ13 51° 10’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on fallen wood
Image 1: Fruitbodies - enlargedImage 2: Fruitbodies - enlarged (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - magnifiedImage 4: Fruitbodies - magnified (2)Image 5: Capillitium nodes and sporesImage 6: Lime node in capillitiumImage 7: Spores, capillitium, nodes and peridium fragmentsImage 8: Spores, capillitium, nodes and peridium fragments (2)Image 9: Spores - equatorial viewImage 10: Spores - surface texture
2: Physarum album (a slime mould)
30 Sep 1999 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on bark of alder stump
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: Fruitbodies (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies (3)Image 4: Lime granule from peridiumImage 5: Lime granules from peridiumImage 6: SporesImage 7: Spores and capillitiumImage 8: Spores and lime fragments from peridiumImage 9: Spores and lime knotImage 10: Spores and lime knot (2)Image 11: Spores - equatorial viewImage 12: Spores - surface viewImage 13: Spores - surface view showing ornamentationImage 14: Stalk
3: Physarum album (a slime mould)
13 Dec 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Sporangia - magnifiedImage 2: Sporangia - magnified (2)

Physarum album (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 Physarum album (a slime mould)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Physarum album (a slime mould)

One of the commonest Slime Moulds on wood, bark, leaf litter or moss. It has a nodding, white, lenticular sporangium atop a black stalk.

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