#metatrichia

[microcosmicobservations]

Does anyone else have a special place in their heart for wasp nest slime mold?

[myxomycota]

Metratrichia floriformis by Barry Webb

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Didymium squamulosum with ice crown.

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

Metatrichia floriformis and physarum

Cribraria

Craterium minutum

[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

[cedar-glade]

Metatrichia vesparium, always wild thinking about slime molds. 

here is the stationary reproductive phase,

dry aggregate phase can be seen, due to size, it is really hard to find slugs and even so I’ve never been able to use my camera to photograph any. 

[lovecraftsgarden]

Metatrichia vesparium

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[ronbeckdesigns]

Slime Mold | Metatrichia floriformis | vor dem Harz photos

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[entomologize]

Wasp nest slime mold, Metatrichia vesparium. Photos by Bonnie Ott, Kerry Wixted, and Kimberly Crowninshield.

[joqatana]

I found this beautiful slime mold with Stuff growing on it and posted it in #inaturalist and @sarah.lloyd.tasmania IDed it for me and left this comment. I would be Lost without Sarah!! “The white entity is a fungus that only grows on members of the Trichiales (Trichia, Metatrichia etc). There are a couple of similar looking species which can only be separated by microscopy. It’s often identified as Polycephalomyces tomentosis but this could be incorrect. “ . . #slimemoldsunday #trichiales #plasmodium #mycomania #yellowslimemold #orangeslimemold #pinkslimemold #slimemoldsofinstagram #mycology #spores #shroomsong #myxomania #amoebozoa #myxomycetes #macro #myxomacro #fungusonslimemold (at O'hare Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8onQ1-JiEA/?igshid=5v0kfuk1gp1u

[depressiongoblin]

Metatrichia vesparium, Wasp Nest Slimemold #slimemold #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFZckFrkc3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[microcosmicobservations]

I've been back in Wisconsin for a few weeks now. Even though it's the dead of winter and most days are unbearably cold (yes, I've been spoiled by Utah winters), returning to the ecosystems I missed with all my soul has been reviving me. There's not much life right now, but there are remnants of it on the logs. I have been thoroughly inspecting all the logs in my neighborhood for signs of life, getting up close to all of them to look for fall's slime molds, tiny mushrooms that have managed to get just enough moisture and warmth, and whatever else I can find.

I found this lovely Metatrichia vesparium on a neighborhood log and brought home some of it to look at under the microscope. This slime mold is one of my favorites, and I even made a very short educational video on it some years ago. You can see that here.

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[myxomycota]

Metatrichia floriformis by allthingsfungi

[boudhabar]

Metatrichia vesparium

[scrappapertiger]

I finally photographed some slime mould fruiting bodies! Metatrichia floriformis, another similar one with a fungus (maybe Polycephalomyces tomentosus), some lovely moss (Mnium hornum I think?), an ink cap #naturegoeson #slimemould #slimemold #slimemoulds #moss #metatrichiafloriformis #fungus #inkcap #naturalhistory (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ehdaYDHE-/?igshid=16qdi33xfbl2

[ubiquinonebiochem-blog]

My single-celled pet

Hi there. 

I would like to tell y’all something that maybe will let you see more interesting, beautiful, marvellous things you have probably never seen before. They are called Myxomycetes. 

Despite I’m not a mycologist, to whose departments these single-celled organisms ‘belong’, this post may probably be at least attractive with photos. Yup, all the yellowish mass on pictures above is a single cell, performing its life cycle  in plasmodium stage - it means that, in general, dozens of hundreds of little amoebas were attracted by each other to give such a strong hug, that their cell-membranes fused and now they are all one. Of course such a thing continues growth not only by itself, as a result of bacteria consuming, but also by fusing with more and more of lonely soil amoebas looking for a strong hug from individual of the same species. The species on the pictures appeared to be Fuligo Septica, not quite a rare one. I’ve grown it out from fruit body spores, and that’s how that looked at the very beginning.

The pale shapeless mass is called a fruit body - it is basically needed for spore mass to be formed and dried well, then the body is naturally destructed and spore are allowed to travel across the whole biome with wind, animals and insects. I loved this creature since I first seen it, than I took it to the lab where defined the species under mycologist’s coordination and checking, and after that - decided to grow it out of a spore at home, as a true-biologist. Soon it appeared - a little cute plasmodium on the wall of plastic container with soil, water and a piece of decaying wood. As the time passed, I was ensured that everything is fine by extraordinary growth of my new pet. 

As my mycologist replied to the question - they are considered to be stable in plasmodial state in laboratory conditions for about three months, but my one shows real longevity - it is almost seven months already, now kept in a Petry dish. Due to its size, I had to divide it on two pieces mechanically, but this is okay: they are single-celled and cannot feel any pain or something negative as they cannot feel at all due to lack of nervous system. 

It seems to me that the only one pf those organisms is not enough to show at least the shadow of the whole range of their colours, forms and textures, so I have some more to show you:

The first one belongs to Order Stemonitis, as far as I can remember, and the third is Metatrichia vesparia. As for the second one, I cannot remember its systematics. 

[earthsheavenpic]

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