#didymium squamulosum

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"The Ice Crown"

"This 1mm tall slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) was found in leaf litter on a Buckinghamshire woodland floor in January. Attracted by the way the frost had formed a crown shape on top of the fruiting body, I had to be very careful not to breathe on it. During a previous attempt with another slime mould, my breath had melted the ice when I inadvertently got too close."

By Barry Webb

 Close-Up Photographer of the Year 

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two Lamproderma on a very small Didymium squamulosum, all perched on the point of a holly leaf.

by Barry Webb

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One from a month ago taken during a cold spell. A single Didymium squamulosum wearing an ice crown.

Photo by: @barrywebbimages

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Sketched some Creatures™ for practice (for the purpose of this exercise, slime mold is a Creature™)

Reference photos:

Arcyria denudata

Northern spring salamander

Iberian worm lizard

Didymium squamulosum

Eastern newt

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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

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

AUGUST 26, 2023 GRACE EBERT Didymium squamulosum with ice crown. All images © Barry Webb 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…

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Lamproderma scintillans fruiting on Didymium squamulosum

by Barry Webb

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Lamproderma scintillans fruiting on Didymium squamulosum

by Barry Webb

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Didymium squamulosum by Sarah Lloyd

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Didymium squamulosum

by Rik Ochsenbein

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Didymium squamulosum

by Rik Ochsenbein

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Lamproderma scintillans fruiting on Didymium squamulosum.

by Andy Sands

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Didymium squamulosum by Barry Webb

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a group of Didymium squamulosum with two Lamproderma scintillans fruiting out the top!

by Barry Webb

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Didymium squamulosum by James Ho