While marching to where I thought might be a likely spot to find Black Trumpets (no, I didn't find any, because they are
invisible), I found many fascinating and beautiful little slime molds. These are all quite small (in the grand scheme of things)--the
Hemitrichia
clavata is little 2mm balls on a stalk. The Chocolate Tube slime is
about 1/2" tall.
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| Hemitrichia
clavata |
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| OZONIUM of Coprinellus domesticus |
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| "Carnival Candy Slime," Arcyria denudata |
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| "Chocolate Tube Slime," Stemonitis splendens |
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| a bunch of Chocolate Tube Slime on a log |
More on "ozonium"
here. Couldn't find much more about it after a cursory online search.
wow those are fascinating photos. I know nothing about fungi. Welcome to NBN :) Rosie
ReplyDeleteI know next to nothing, only maybe a little something. I find, I document, I learn.
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Ah so these are the slime mold I have heard so much about. I finally got to check your your site
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what they were, either, until I started finding them and looking them up--I though slime molds were just boring patches of wet ick!
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