Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Myxogastrea
Order: Physarida Family: Didymiaceae
Species: Mucilago crustacea P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg.
Synonyms: Mucilago crustacea var. crustacea
Mucilago crustacea var. dictyospora
Mucilago spongiosa
Mucor spongiosus
Reticularia alba
Spumaria alba
Common Name:


A Slime Mould
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Mucilago crustaceaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (9)
Carex (6)
Saxifraga oppositifolia (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Acer (1)
Agrostis capillaris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland and scrub (4)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3)
Neutral grassland (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Built-up areas (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Woodland (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (32)
Stem (4)
Soil (3)
Leaf (2)
Leaf Litter (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
July (1)
August (1)
September (16)
October (34)
November (17)