Mucilago

Mucilago crustacea is a form of slime mould, in the monotypic genus Mucilago, in the family Didymiaceae.[1] Due to its visual resemblance to canine vomit,[2] it is known colloquially as the "dog sick slime mould"[3] or "dog sick fungus",[4] albeit that slime moulds are not true fungi.[4]

Mucilago
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Physarales
Family: Didymiaceae
Genus: Mucilago
P. Micheli ex Adans.
Species:
M. crustacea
Binomial name
Mucilago crustacea
P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg

The fruiting body is yellow to white, becoming paler with time, and then blackening.[3]

It usually occurs on damp grass.[2] The species and was described by P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg.[2][5]

References

Media related to Mucilago crustacea at Wikimedia Commons

  1. Ing, B. (1999). The myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland. An identification handbook,. Slough: Richmond Publishing Co.
  2. Silverside, Alan J. "Mucilago crustacea". Images of British biodiversity. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "Dog Sick Slime Mould". NatureSpot. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. O'Riordan, Elaine (August 2017). "Mucilago crustacea". People and Nature - The Galway County Biodiversity Project. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 112 (1780)
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