Tubifera ferruginosa
Tubifera arachnoidea
Tubulifera arachnoidea
The fruiting body is formed of clearly individual sporangia that are crowded together into a cushion-like blob or mass (a pseudoaethalium) reminiscent of a raspberry. These are red in colour when young, becoming purplish-brown as they mature. The spore-mass is pinkish brown.
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Fruiting on dead wood.
June through to November.
Widespread in Britain, though only occasionally encountered.
Infrequently recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The position of Tubifera in the taxonomic hierarchy is unclear. On the NBN, Tubifera ferruginosa is not assigned to a family. It is listed under Tubiferaceae on Wikipedia, and in Lycogalaceae in Ing, B. (1999).
Ian Merrill
Charnwood Lodge LRWT
02 October 2022
steven lewis
Scalford, ironstone ponds
06 October 2019
Annie Smith
Charnwood Lodge NR
14 September 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Slime Moulds
- Kingdom:
- Protozoa
- Order:
- Trichiida
- Family:
- Reticulariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 14/09/2017 (Smith, Ann)
- Last record:
- 21/10/2024 (Gaten, Ted)
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Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
05 September 2020
steven lewis
Scalford, ironstone ponds
06 October 2019
steven lewis
Scalford, ironstone ponds
06 October 2019
Annie Smith
Charnwood Lodge NR
14 September 2017
steven lewis
Scalford, ironstone ponds
06 October 2019
Annie Smith
Charnwood Lodge NR
14 September 2017
