Slime Mould Activity

 

I've been seeing quite a lot of slime mould activity this august. The video is approximately 400 times actual speed.

 

 


 

 

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa














Metatrichia floriformis

Metatrichia floriformis

Monday Mushroom #67 - well, more of a Sunday Slime Mold, really...

This is - I think - Metatrichia floriformis. A slime mold which forms black, shiny stalk-ball fruiting bodies (under 1mm in diamiter) which crack open to release orange, fluffy spore bearing material.

Metatrichia floriformis sharing the undersurface of a rotten log with a pill millipede.

Metatrichia floriformis - fruiting bodies opening to release orange spore bearing material.

Metatrichia floriformis - fruiging bodies.