#leocarpus fragilis

[myxomycota]

Leocarpus fragilis by Sarah Faye

#leocarpus fragilis #leocarpus #insect egg slime mold #slime mold #slime mould #texture #trypophobia #clusters #plasmodium #sarah faye #macro photography #microbiology #myxomycota #myxomycetes

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Pink stemonitis

In Macro Photos, Barry Webb Captures the Fleeting, Otherworldly Characteristics of Slime Molds and Fungi

Leocarpus fragilis

Holly parachute fungus, Marasmius hudsonii

#barry webb #photographer #pink stemonitis #fungi #mushroom #fungus #slime mold #nature #leocarpus fragilis #holly parachute fungus #marasmius hudsonii

[colorsoutofearth]

Slime mold (Leocarpus fragilis), fully developed sporangia on grass

Photo by Guy Edwardes

#Leocarpus fragilis #Leocarpus #slime mold #sporangia #orange #orange fungi #fungi #colorful fungi #orange slime mold #fungi photography #macro photography #orange and green #green and orange #nature

[halomancer]

#leocarpus fragilis #insect egg slime mold #slime mold #slime molds

[jellygills]

Leocarpus fragilis, insect egg slime mold

#slime mold #pacific northwest #forest floor #nature #leocarpus

[mscoyditch]

In Macro Photos, Barry Webb Captures the Fleeting, Otherworldly Characteristics of Slime Molds and Fungi

August 26, 2023

ThisIsColossal.com

Grace Ebert

All images © Barry Webb, licensed

Photographer Barry Webb (previously) continues his hunt for the speckled, glimmering, and ice-crested organisms that pop up near his home in South Buckinghamshire, U.K. Armed with a 90-millimeter macro lens, Webb ventures into woodlands and other natural areas where slime molds and fungi thrive. There, he zeroes in on their microscopic features, documenting their wildly diverse characteristics that often last for just a brief moment in time. Recent shots include a tuft of Muppet-like fuzz topping Metatrichia floriformis, a water droplet suspended between two cup-like Craterium minutum, and a cluster of Pink stemonitis filaments propped on spindly black legs.

Webb has won several awards in recent months, including from the Royal Photographic Society and Close-Up Photographer of the Year. Four of his photos will be featured at the Vienna Mushroom Festival next month, prints are available on his site, and you can find more of his work on Instagram.

Didymium Squamulosum with ice crown

Metatrichia floriformis and physarum

Cribraria

Pink Stemonitis

Craterium minutum

Leocarpus fragilis

Holly Parachute fungus Marasmius hudsonii

[splashing-water]

leocarpus fragilis

#nature #photography #fungi #upl #mushroom #leocarpus fragilis

[lionfloss]

Alison Pollack

#leocarpus fragilis #photography #nature photography #macro #fungus #fungi #mold #mushrooms #slime mold #green #pink #purple #plants #forest #woods #slimy #yellow

[flips99]

Egg-Shell Slime Mould, Leocarpus fragilis

#Leocarpus fragilis #egg-shell slime mould #slime mould #slime mold #sjokoladeegg #slimsopp #nature #forest #Norway #brown #on wood #mycology

[tzaddi53]

⁣

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀⁣

From 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 to 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮.⁣

𝟹 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺⁣

Leocarpus fragilis is not actually a fungus. It is a slime mold. Slime molds were historically classified as fungi, but today they belong to the class of true slime molds, Myxomycetes.⁣

The main vegetative phase of this organism consists of the plasmodium (the active, mobile, streaming phase), a membrane-bound, giant single cell, containing multiple nuclei. It is during this stage that the organism searches for food, creeping across decaying matter, spreading at an impressive rate, up to an inch per hour! The plasmodium surrounds its food and secretes enzymes to digest it. The plasmodium generates networks of protoplasmic ‘veins’ that act as tunnels for nutrient transport. In this phase Leocarpus fragilis is very easy to see. When the plasmodium exhausts the available nutrients in the presence of visible light, it differentiates into specialized fruiting bodies, called sporangia, where spores are formed. These fruiting bodies eventually rupture, releasing the spores into the environment.⁣

Recently I asked @stucumber_ if he could identify the slime mold in a photo I shared with him. His response taught me so much. “Impossible to tell at this stage. If you can find it again and follow up on it again soon might be able to tell.” That’s when I learned what the cool word plasmodium means. ⁣

When I came upon the slime mold in this set of photos I picked it up carefully and moved it a environmentally similar location near my front door. Over the next 3 days it revealed itself in 4 different photo sessions.⁣

#slimemoldsunday

#slime mold #nature #mycology #photography #fungi

[myxomycota]

Leocarpus fragilis by Robert Dash

#leocarpus fragilis #leocarpus #insect egg slime mold #robert dash #texture #trypo #plasmodial #slime mold #slime mould #myxomycota #forest floor #macro photography #myxomycetes #microbiota #microbiology #microorganisms #nature photography #lichen

[dragon-teapot]

SLIME MOULD!

In plasmodial stage, could be eggshell slime mould,Leocarpus fragilis, but not certain! PossiblyTrichia scabra? Looks quite similar.

Badhamia foliicola, Jelly bean slime mould was meant to be found here, which is almost unheard of!

I'll have to come back in the autumn.

#slime moulds #my photos

[boudhabar]

leocarpus fragilis

[green-algae]

Leocarpus fragilis, or fragile yellow slime mold, growing on a rotting log in Marin County, California. Images by John W. Wall.

#fragile yellow slime mold #slime mold #fungus #nature #cottagecore #forest

[joqatana]

Leocarpus Fragilis. This patch was about a third the size of a dime! . . #slimemold #leocarpusfragilis #insecteggslimemold #fungus #spores #mycology #mycologyphotography #shroomsong #mushrooms #mushroomspotting #slimemoldspotting (at Novato, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdlrN8gK3w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uxzdu75e9ydo

#slimemold #leocarpusfragilis #insecteggslimemold #fungus #spores #mycology #mycologyphotography #shroomsong #mushrooms #mushroomspotting #slimemoldspotting

[mycologicaltoronto]

Our Cain Foray is coming up soon! September 13, 14 & 15 mushroaming in the Muskoka • the Cain Foray is open to the general public ⚡️ Further details can be found at www.myctor.org/forays or follow the link in profile to reserve your accommodations 👉🏼 make sure to check out our photo galleries! Amazing pics of fungi like the one shown here: Leocarpus fragilis #mushrooms #mycology #fungi #cainforay (at Huntsville, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B06MGxjAm9U/?igshid=wee5gxjk0vr0

#mushrooms #mycology #fungi #cainforay