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An often easy to recognise family as the spore mass is typically brightly coloured, producing stalked or sessile sporangia. A capillitium often consisting of solid or tubular, smooth or sculptured, free or attached threadlike elements.  
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Genus: Hemitrichia Navigation HelpSymbol keyFamily Tree
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Species: Hemitrichia calyculata (Speg.) M.L. Farr
This slime mould goes through a number of colour changes as it matures.
More imagesHemitrichia calyculata
Found: Mixed & podocarp forest
Substrate: Decaying Wood
Spore:
Dulll Yellow
Height: 3 mm
Width: 1.5 mm
Plasmodium: Yellow
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Species: Hemitrichia serpula (Scop.) Rostaf.

 DescriptionMore imagesMicroscope imagesHemitrichia serpula
Found: Mixed forest
Substrate: Palm petiole
Spore: Yellow
Height: 3 mm
Width: 1.5 mm
Plasmodium: White/Yellow
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Genus: Metatrichia Navigation HelpSymbol keyFamily Tree
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Species: Metatrichia floriformis (Schwein) Nann.-Brem.
Very similar to Trichia botrytis other then the capillitium and spores are brick red to brownish orange.
 DescriptionMore imagesMicroscope imagesMetatrichia floriformis
Found: Podocarp forest
Substrate: Decaying Wood
Spore: Light Brown
Height: 4 mm
Width: 1 mm
Plasmodium: Purple/brown
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Genus: Perichaena Navigation HelpSymbol keyFamily Tree
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Species: Perichaena depressa Libert

 DescriptionMore imagesMicroscopePerichaena depressa
Found: Mixed forest
Substrate: Nikau Palm fond
Spore: Yellow
Height: 0.5 mm
Width: 1 - 1.5 mm
Plasmodium: Yellow
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