Slime Mould

Physarum leucophaeum

Sporocarps of Physarum leucophaeum can be white or bluish-grey. The sporocarps, measuring 0.4 to 0.8 mm in diameter, develop from a grey, sometimes brown plasmodium. The tapered stalks are frequently twisted and exhibit a colour range from mid-brown to reddish-brown, along with a white powdery coating. This is a common slime mould that typically grows on decaying wood, but care has to be taken when identifying because there are several similar species. The spores are black in mass and under the transmitted light of a microscope appear brown.

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