A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Slime Moulds
(Protoctista)

Arcyria sp. (Post-plasmodial) possibly A. cinerea ?     ****
On decaying wood in stream. Ham Woods, Ham, Plymouth, Devon.
04.04.06 (Public Location) SX460579

Arcyria pomiformis     colony close-up     ****
On fallen rotting sycamore. Mainstone Wood, Plymouth, Devon. 25.01.07 (Public Location)

Badhamia utricularis ?     close-up
On fallen tree trunk. Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
23.03.07 (Public Location) SX476602

Didymium sp.     ****
On fallen beech branch. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 23.01.07 (Public Location)

Fuligo septica - Dog's Vomit Slime Mould - 1     ***
Leigham Woods, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 19.07.04 (Public Location) SX515575

Fuligo septica - Dog's Vomit Slime Mould - 2
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
26.07.06 (Public Location) SX447609

Hemitrichia sp.     ****
On decaying wood in stream. Ham Woods, Ham, Plymouth, Devon.
04.04.06 (Public Location) SX460579

Leocarpus fragilis - Insect Egg / Fragile Yellow Slime Mould ?     close-up
On fallen conifer. Mudwell Wood, Bickleigh, nr. Plymouth, Devon.
09.11.06 (Private Location) SX525617

Lycogala epidendrum - Marshmallows - 1     close-up     approaching maturity (purple inside)
Plym Bridge (North), Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 03.04.06 (Public Location) SX523597

Lycogala epidendrum - Marshmallows - 2
On fallen tree. Ham Woods, Ham, Plymouth, Devon. 04.04.06 (Public Location) SX460579

A Physarale (active plasmodium)     close-up     ****
On log end. Ham Woods, Ham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.11.06 (Public Location) SX460579

Physarum polycephalum ?     on Stereum
On tree bark. Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
23.03.07 (Public Location) SX476602

Stemonitis axifera ? - A Slime Mould     close-up     spores
On rotting wood. Leigham Wood, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 17.02.07 (Public Location)

Stemonitis fusca - A Slime Mould
On decaying fallen tree. Mainstone Wood, Mainstone, Plymouth, Devon.
06.11.06 (Public Location) SX518586

Slime Moulds to identify -

Slime Mould -7     close-up
Growing on moss on fallen trunk. Plym Bridge Woods (near Wrigleys), Plymouth, Devon. 14.01.07 (Public Location)