Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers., (a slime mould)


22 Jun 2013 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon sawdust heap
Found asSporocarp
Date22 June 2013
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher22 Jun 2013[A]
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Notes:

Sporangia heaped.

Capillitium: white, chalky.

Peridium: white, chalky, non-crystalline, the chalk varying from thick, to isolated flakes, or absent.

Spores: black in mass, dark violet brown by transmitted light, 14-16µm in water, 12.5-15µm in lactophenol, warted: clearly warted on outline under 40x.

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