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Hemitrichia clavata (Pers.) Rostaf.
Sporocarps stalked, gregarious or crowded, 1-2 mm total height. Sporothecae broadly clavate or pyriform, olivaceous yellow. Peridium shining, dehiscent above, 50-66% remaining as a goblet-shaped cup, marked within by rather coarse papillae or broken reticulations. Stalk rather short, attenuated downwards and merging gradually above into the base of the sporotheca, hollow, filled with spore-like cells, yellow above, shading into reddish brown below. Hypothallus thin, dark, reddish brown. Capillitium yellow or somewhat olivaceous, ± elastic, the threads 4.5-6.5 µm diam., closely wound with 4-5 spirals, minutely pilose, with occasional free ends, these often swollen, obtuse or tipped with a broad-based apiculus 2-4 µm long. Spores pale yellow, globose or subglobose, coarsely papillate, the papillae frequently elongated into ridges which form a ± complete reticulum visible only under high magnification, 7-9 µm diam. Plasmodium white ( http://myxomycet.com.ua/eng/taxa/hemitri... )
HABITAT: Decaying wood. DISTRIBUTION: cosmopolitan
A often used site isn,t avialable for me right now, will update additiniol info, when that problem is fixed !!
Spotted on Feb 25, 2012
Submitted on Feb 26, 2012
3 Comments
thx clive ! i like picture ( now ) 1+2 most. ( I have few finds, which i suspect, were not being noticed, till now ! ) :)
thanks lars, they were at the whole tree, and other yellow fuzzy slime mold from the fam. trichiales should be out everywhere. You have to look very close, when i stand 1,5 meter away from the spotting (which i know is there), i dont recognize/find it no longer, i have to search the tree, while sitting 50 cm away from the wood. However the yellow fuzzy - ones should also appear by you now !!
Very nice, Alex