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Dog Vomit Slime Mould

Mucilago crustacea

518Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb3
Mar2
Apr0
May6
Jun5
Jul10
Aug32
Sep81
Oct163
Nov171
Dec27

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England45
2Orkney Islands Scotland39
3Norfolk England38
4Gloucestershire England30
5Highland Scotland26
6Bristol, City of England22
7Oxfordshire England16
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
9Sefton England14
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
11Powys Wales8
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
13Worcestershire England7
14Argyll and Bute Scotland7
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
326 England89 Scotland24 Wales73 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
518
Peak month
November
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Mucilago crustacea
Group
Microorganisms and protists
NBN Atlas records since 2000
543
Kingdom
Protozoa
Phylum
Mycetozoa
Class
Myxomycetes
Order
Physarales
Family
Didymiaceae
Genus
Mucilago
Name with authority
Mucilago crustacea P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg., 1780
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1951637 · GBIF 5425955