Slime mold
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Slime mold
A slime mold, perhaps Fuligo septica. Quick pictures with mobile phone as I was out walking the dog and had no camera with me. The phone camera totally missed the exposure in the panoramic shot and overexposed the mold. Total length around 7 cm.
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Re: Slime mold
One day later, the yellow color is mostly gone, and some brown (indicating spore maturation) begins to appear.
PS - One week after, still no change with respect to the above picture. It looks like I got the slime mold right before and right after it died off and dried.
I took the pictures of the first post the first day of nice weather after one week of almost uninterrupted rain. If anyone is interested in looking for slime molds, going out just after a long rain might be a good idea.
PS - One week after, still no change with respect to the above picture. It looks like I got the slime mold right before and right after it died off and dried.
I took the pictures of the first post the first day of nice weather after one week of almost uninterrupted rain. If anyone is interested in looking for slime molds, going out just after a long rain might be a good idea.
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Re: Slime mold
I've been out shooting mushrooms and relatives too, on the road in front of my house lately. It's interesting how short the life cycle is of these things, a few days before they're spent and drying up, except for a giant mushroom/fungus at the base of a tree that's at least a foot across. It's been there all summer, and dumped a load of spores a few weeks ago - the ground beneath it was a pale grey.
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Re: Slime mold
Made me think of this picture:klevin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:44 pmI've been out shooting mushrooms and relatives too, on the road in front of my house lately. It's interesting how short the life cycle is of these things, a few days before they're spent and drying up, except for a giant mushroom/fungus at the base of a tree that's at least a foot across. It's been there all summer, and dumped a load of spores a few weeks ago - the ground beneath it was a pale grey.
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