The slime mould Craterium minutum reaches an overall height of 0.7 to 1.5 mm. It is goblet-shaped or funnel-shaped, stalked, erect and with a ‘lid’. The colour may be yellow, orange-brown, pale brown, or brown.

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Usually found on dead leaves and decaying vegetation.

Late autumn and early winter.

Gregarious.

Widespread in Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.