 Wild About Britain
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richardkm
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Registered: February 2007
Location: Buxton Spa, Derbyshire
Posts: 401
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Sun April 15, 2007 6:29am
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Hi
I was delighted to see you photo in the gallery, as I had discovered this "fungus" on a dead birch stump in my local woodland last year and I was unable to discover what it was.
Having seen your pic, I did a Google search as the species is not mentioned in either Buczacki or Phillips (probably because it's a slime mould rather than fungus), but it is in Bon. Apparently it's now called Reticularia lycoperdon.
Interesting "plant", just growing again on same stump and currently a dull beige colour.
atb
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Richard
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buzfuz8149
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: August 2006
Location: Lancashire.
Posts: 1,036
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Sun April 15, 2007 1:05pm
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Hi Richard,
I put the photo in the unidentified gallery, it was picked up by one of the editors and named, I had not a clue what it was. I have done some research on it and it is a slime mould, it seems to be quite common round this part of Lancashire. I found another one on 7 April and two specimens on the 13 April - all within half a mile. The last two are in a quiet place so I may be able to see their progress the first one vanished without trace and the other destroyed.
Carol.
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