Arcyria ferruginea
A small erect slime mould, often found in large colonies, pinkish red, crowded or gregarious, stalked, 1 or 2 mm total height.
Found on dead wood in broad leaf or mixed woodland.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
11 November 2012
Melinda Bell
Heather, Sence valley
21 December 2021
very small stalked bodies
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Slime Moulds
- Kingdom:
- Protozoa
- Order:
- Trichiida
- Family:
- Arcyriaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 11/11/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/12/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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