Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Myxogastrea
Order: Physarida Family: Didymiaceae
Species: Didymium difforme (Pers.) Gray
Synonyms: Chondrioderma difforme
Diderma difforme
Diderma nitens
Common Name:


A Slime Mould
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Didymium difforme

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ranunculus repens (1)
Solanum tuberosum (1)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Urtica dioica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Scrub (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (2)
Stem (2)
Fallen Stem (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
July (1)
September (1)
October (5)
November (1)
December (2)