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Myxo on Oak leaf

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  • March 21, 2019 at 11:48 pm #31248
    JennyS

      Came across this myxo on an oak leaf today and wondered whether identification (at least to genus) might be possible?

      Surface was powdery / granular, stipe absent, spore diameter 10 µm.

      Externally it looked similar to Mike’s image of Badhamia macrocarpa but I’m totally ignorant when it comes to slime moulds!

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      July 6, 2019 at 11:21 am #41914
      Marja

        Hi Jenny,

        did you notice any crystals in the microscophic view?

        Didymium squamulosum, when without a stipe, looks much like this and it can be found on leaf litter, too.

        Marja

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