Family: Trichiaceae

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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.

Genus: Hemitrichia

Species: Hemitrichia calyculata (Speg.) M.L. Farr This slime mould goes through a number of colour changes as it matures.
Found: Mixed & podocarp forest Substrate: Decaying Wood Spore: Dulll Yellow	Height: 3 mm Width: 1.5 mm Plasmodium: Yellow

Species: Hemitrichia serpula (Scop.) Rostaf.
Found: Mixed forest Substrate: Palm petiole Spore: Yellow	Height: 3 mm Width: 1.5 mm Plasmodium: White/Yellow

Genus: Metatrichia

Species: Metatrichia floriformis (Schwein) Nann.-Brem. Very similar to Trichia botrytis other then the capillitium and spores are brick red to brownish orange.
Found: Podocarp forest Substrate: Decaying Wood Spore: Light Brown	Height: 4 mm Width: 1 mm Plasmodium: Purple/brown

Genus: Perichaena

Species: Perichaena depressa Libert
Found: Mixed forest Substrate: Nikau Palm fond Spore: Yellow	Height: 0.5 mm Width: 1 - 1.5 mm Plasmodium: Yellow

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