#leocarpus fragilis

[myxomycota]

a small selection of the many photos i took of this beautiful Leocarpus fragilis / insect egg slime mold last week !! i hadnt found it at this gorgeous bright red stage before so i was very excited to spot it at the base of a beech tree 🌳❣️

[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

[colorsoutofearth]

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

Photo by Guy Edwardes

[halomancer]

[pnwfunguys]

Leocarpus fragilis // insect egg slime mold

thanks to @myxomycota for the id!!

[tranquilmadman]

Yuan-Ti Circle of the Spores - Calypsi Venkisk

I was inspired by the #Apex Legend character #Catalyst and #Moira from #Overwatch to make a goo character. Since they are unique and awe inspiring I came up with this gem. A Naga with the power to throws gooey eggs of slimy moss, similar to Leocarpus fragilis, to slow and attack enemies.

[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

[lionfloss]

Alison Pollack

[flips99]

Egg-Shell Slime Mould, Leocarpus fragilis

[jellygills]

Leocarpus fragilis, insect egg slime mold

[myxomycota]

Leocarpus fragilis by Rik Ochsenbein

[tzaddi53]

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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

[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.

[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.