Ascomycetes are often very small. These cup fungi are apparently decomposers, and were photographed with a Nikon 810 and 5X or 10X objectives mounted on either a Raynox or an old Nikon 300mm f4.5.
Leonard Turner
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My thanks to you all. Nanometer, decomposers like these live on the forest floor under trees and in rotting wood. The last 3 images show growth on a dead leaf. Twigs and leaves put into a petri dish with wet filter paper or paper towel lining the bottom may reveal fungal specimens in a few days, as well as slime molds.
Leonard
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