A Kilchoan Diary: Slime Mould?

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Slime Mould?

Has anyone any idea what this is? It was found sitting on a cushion of sphagnum moss in the hills above Ormsaigbeg. It's about 20mm in length.

1 comment:

Jon4 December 2015 at 15:23
Many thanks to Paul Elletson for getting an identification for this slime mould, Tubifera ferruginosa.
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About Kilchoan

Kilchoan is a remote Scottish crofting village at the westernmost end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, a two-hour drive to the west of Fort William. Its white houses are strung like pearls around a wide bay, looking out across the Sound of Mull to Tobermory. The year-round population of the village itself is just over a hundred, but this diary writes about all the villages of western Ardnamurchan, including Portuairk, Sanna, Achosnich, Achnaha and Kilmory.

There's more about Kilchoan and West Ardnamurchan here

The history & heritage of the Ardnamurchan peninsula is celebrated on a website here.

A map of the area is here