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Hemitrichia calyculata on #slimemoldsunday

#macro #nature #slimemold #nature #colombia

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on #slimemoldsunday

#slimemold #nature #macro

@jerzone @sarahconner #SlimeMoldSunday ?

Came across some Wolf’s Milk slime mold on a stump a couple of days ago.
Love the color of those cushion-like blobs.
Here they are still immature, with eye-catching colors. When mature, they will be grayish and more likely to go unnoticed.

I almost posted this photo to help with identification on #FungiFriday before realizing that these are no fungi, so Happy #SlimeMoldSaturday or #SlimeMoldSunday or #MyxogastriaMonday ! 🙂

#SlimeMold #LycogalaEpidendrum #WolfsMilk #myxogastria

Cushion-like blobs on an old stump, their rounded curves and light coral-red color contrasting with the dark and sharp wood splinters.

72 hours in the life of a slime mold.

This week I discovered a slime mold taking over an old stump behind the house. Over the next 3 days I took a picture of it at the same time of day. Notice the section that grasped the twig - how it then didn’t proceed like the remainder of the mass. Once slime molds leave the plasmodium stage and enter the fruiting stage, the change is FAST.

#SlimeMoulds #slimemoldsunday #slimemold #enteridiumlycoperdon #myxogastria

Picture 1 taken on Tuesday. White slime mold that resembles cauliflower on the face of a tree stump. One patch of it has grown around and enveloped a living twig. At the edges of the slime mold which is about 14 inches across are patches of what looks like slug trails but are actually the plasmodium stage of the slime mold.

Picture 2. On Wednesday (24 hours later) the slime has decreased slightly in size and darkened to a dirtier white/pink color. Some of the slime has hardened.

Picture 3 on Thursday (24 hours after picture 2). The slime continues to harden and is now well into its fruiting stage. The color is purple/gray.

Picture 4. On Friday (72 hours after the 1st picture) the slime mold is hard, nearly crumbly, and black. Soon it will begin to fall apart. Doing so will aid in spore dispersal.

from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, yesterday; a couple of entries for #SlimeMoldSunday!
#Myxodon #MacroPhotography

two roughly spherical objects - fruiting bodies of a slime mold - with a pebbled, brown, and slightly iridescent surface - sit on the bare wood of a downed log in sunlight

a spherical object with a dark-brown leathery surface sits on a log. It is full of a crumbly beige powder, some of which is scattered on the surface of the log.

One of the things I love about slime molds is how obvious they can be in their plasmodial stage, yet unrecognizable in their post-fruiting stage. This Enteridium lycoperdon looks like a burnt log or animal scat or just something your eye wouldn’t catch if you were walking in the woods. But it’s that platter of white at its base that gives it away. #slimemold #slimemolds #enteridiumlycoperdon #slimemoldsunday #myxogastria #falsepuffball #hiking

What appears to be a burnt chunk of wood or pile of scat sits on a decomposing log. It’s actually the remains of the slime mold Enteridium lycoperdon. It’s crusty black, like charcoal with a slim base of white.

Happy #SlimeMoldSunday!

Here are some #SlimeMolds from #Brest, #Breizh / #Bretagne / #Brittany.

UL: #CeratiomyxaFruticulosa - #CoralSlimeMold
LL: #ReticulariaLycoperdon - #FalsePuffball
UR: #LycogalaEpidendrum - #WolfsMilk
LR: #FuligoSeptica - #DogVomitSlimeMold

Drie stappen de tuin in ... de wildernis in

#slimemoldsunday #springstaartjes #springtails

Chocolate Tube #slimemold #Stemonitis #slimemoldsunday

Looks like fluffy brown hot dogs on a stick.

Found this little #stemonitis the same day I found the monstrous pink one and the incredibly red wolfs milk. It really is a magical slime mold forest. #slimemoldsunday #slimemold #myxomycetes #shroomsong