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Myxomycete mascarading as a Woodwart
I'm not sure what the substrate of this fungus is, which doesn't at all help with identification. I don't recall much Beech in the wood where I saw this, but the spheres do look like Beech Woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme).
Update 7 Jan 2012: Thanks to the contributors below for drawing my attention to the fact that this is a myxomycete and not a fungus, genus Lycogala in the Tubiferaceae.
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012
Culter Burn
The woodland and streamside around Culter Burn was our second-last location on the October 2011 Aberdeenshire bryophyte recording excursion.
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012
Thamnobryum alopecurum
This attractive moss formed large patches on the base of small trees beside Culter Burn.
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Porella cordeana
This liverwort formed quite extensive mats down by the edge of Culter Burn, near Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012
Hypnum cupressiforme
Growing on a gravestone at Fintray of Hatton and covered with ripening capsules.
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Uploaded on Jan 4, 2012
