Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Myxogastrea
Order: Stemonitida Family: Didymiaceae
Species: Didymium squamulosum (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.
Synonyms: Diderma squamulosum
Didymium effusum
Common Name:


A Slime Mould
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Didymium squamulosumPhotographer: © Vittorio Sylvestri
Photographer: © Vittorio Sylvestri

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ilex aquifolium (2)
Poa (2)
Urtica dioica (1)
Ranunculus repens (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Scrub (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Stem (5)
Soil Leaves (3)
Dead Wood (2)
Stem (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (1)
June (1)
July (3)
September (1)
October (8)
November (1)