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LOCATION:
Sandy Glade Area
DATE FOUND:
Day 1 – 12 August 2023
On the side of a rotting log, this group of slime-mould was found in the clearing opposite the sand pit.
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0395-Hemitrichia-clavata-Strumpshaw-Fen-12-08-2023-450x339.webp)
On Day 3 (24 August 2023) I noticed another group had on the same log had erupted into spore mass:
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0534-Hemitrichia-clavata-Strumpshaw-Fen-24th-08-2023-450x339.webp)
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Here they are on Day 4 (26 August 2023)
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0709-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-26th-08-2023-scaled-1-450x339.jpg)
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0708-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-26th-08-2023-scaled-1-450x339.jpg)
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(Day 5 — 03 September 2023) The photo on the left shows the log I found them on.
If you look closely there are two small groups in the centre at the bottom.
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0773-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-03rd-09-2023-scaled-1-450x339.jpg)
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0775-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-03rd-09-2023-scaled-1-450x339.jpg)
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And again on Day 7 (16 September 2023)— they had grown larger and more puffy.
I found another group of clay-pink sporangia growing nearby.
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1128-Slimemould-species-Strumpshaw-Fen-16th-09-2023-scaled-450x339.jpg)
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On Day 8, the pink sporangia had turned dark ochre-brown.
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1233-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-23rd-09-2023-scaled-450x339.jpg)
On Day 9, the other dark brown sporangia had erupted into the candy-floss-like mature sporangia of H. clavata.
![](https://www.amcalenan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1394-Hemitrichia-calyculata-Strumpshaw-Fen-30-09-2023-450x339.jpg)