Deceptive Trichia

Trichia decipiens

On rotting coniferous, more rarely deciduous wood. Summer, autumn.

Plasmodium white or pink, immature sporangia red, mature ones yellowish-brown, pear-shaped, 0.6-1 mm across, with stalks 1-2 mm long. Characteristic features: young sporangia red, when mature they lighten to yellowish-brown. Grows on rotten wood. Common. A slime mould of impressive appearance, like a string of mother-of-pearl beads.