Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Myxogastrea
Order: Liceida Family: Tubiferaceae
Species: Reticularia lycoperdon Bull.
Synonyms: Enteridium lycoperdon
Common Name:


A Slime Mould
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Reticularia lycoperdonPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Pinus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Cultivated/disturbed land (1)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (7)
Wood (3)
Dead Wood (2)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
April (5)
May (5)
August (4)
September (5)