Hi James,
It could be something like
However, as with most myxo’s, there are other possibilities, so pretty much just guesswork without doing microscopy on mature specimens.
By the way, if you find more examples at a similar stage, you can generally get them to mature if you take them home.
Just carefully remove a suitable section of the substrate containing the myxo fruitbodies, and pack it in a small container so that it can’t rattle around.
I sometimes use pins, and pin the sample to a piece of cork or polystyrene that’s been cut to fit tight into the container.
If I don’t have the correct container with me, I’ll generally try to pack the sample/substrate with moss. – Not perfect, but it usually works well enough.
Regards,
Mike.
