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Biodiversity in Glen Affric

Slime molds recorded in Glen Affric

In the past, slime molds were considered to be types of fungi, but as a result of recent revisions to the system of biological classification of living organisms, many authorities now consider them to be a distinct Kingdom of life, in the same way that animals, plants and fungi are all classified as separate Kingdoms of life.

This list has been compiled as a result of observations made by Trees for Life staff, with the species identifications being provided by Professor Bruce Ing.

  
Badhamia lilacina
  
Lycogala epidendron
Lycogala terrestre
  
Physarum robustum
  
Trichia varia
Tubifera ferruginea


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Slime mould

Slime mold (Badhamia lilacina) on heather (Calluna vulgaris) at Athnamulloch in Glen Affric. This is a Sphagnum-inhabiting species which fruits on emergent vegetation in bogs and boggy pinewoods, and when this photograph was taken, in September 2007, it was the first record for this species in Glen Affric.

 


Slime mold (Physarum robustum) on the inside of a dead birch log, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland.

 


Slime mold (Trichia varia) on the inside of a dead birch log, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland.

 


Slime mold (Tubifera ferruginea) on a log in autumn, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland.

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