Badhamia utricularis plasmodium to sporangia at Strumpshaw Fen – Winter 2025/26

Close-up of sporulating Badhamia utricularis as elongated primordia. Numerous downward pointing slender, finger-like, orange-yellow stalks, each tipped with globular heads that will become the sporothecae. The primordia are densely clustered, showing the initial formation of the characteristic 'bunches of grapes' form.

Slime moulds & fungi at Strumpshaw Fen – 7th December 2025

Translucent grey and white Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa plasmodium on damp decaying wood beginning to sporulate forming coral-like buds. At the bottom of the photo are some brown leaves.

Allotment Ramaria stricta (likely) and Heterotrichia ferruginea (likely) – 22nd December 2025

Close-up side-on view of the sporangia showing the stalks.

Felbrigg Estate Fungi & Slime Moulds – 9th November 2025

Close-up side view of the blue-foot bolete mushroom showing its pale orange-yellow, honeycomb-like pore surface. Blades of grass and dew drops are visible in the foreground.

Slime moulds & fungi at Strumpshaw Fen – November 2025

Cluster of deep peach Hemitrichia decipiens sporotheca with translucent white stalks growing on a damp mossy wood fragment.

Brefeldia maxima slime mould at Strumpshaw Fen – Winter 2025

Young white Brefeldia maxima aethalium with micro-cauliflower-like surface hanging from a stem with its translucent, silvery hypothallus covering the stem.

Fungi at Brandon Country Park – October 2025

Underside view of an unknown oyster type fungus showing straw-yellow decurrent gills, which appear dark due to shadowing. The fungus is attached to the tree bark by a thick, sharply curved stem.

Strumpshaw Fen Fungi & Slime Moulds – October 2025

Small white fungus cap covered with bonnet mould – fine stalks with tiny black heads.

Fungi & a Slime Mould – Lower Wood (Norfolk Wildlife Trust), Ashwellthorpe – 5th October 2025

Close up of consolidating white slime mould plasmodia and trailing plasmodial vein network.

Strumpshaw Fen Slime Moulds & Fungi – September 2025

Close up of Tubifera ferruginosa pseudoaethalium maturing from salmon to greyish violet.