Trichiales (Order)

Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Trichiales (Order)	14 Sep 2020	Heino1
Trichiales (Order)	14 Sep 2020	Heino1
Unidentified	7 Sep 2019	HarveyPerkins

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2 comments

Heino1 wrote:

5 Oct 2019

I'd guess not a fungus but a slime mould (or myxomycete) and given the colour, some genus in theo rder Trichiales. It looks like a lot of separate fruitbodies, each of which has a spore-filled net, initially enclosed within a brittle casing. At maturity the casing breaks. Have a look on the web for pictures of Arcyria obvelata to get an idea of what I mean. Of course, yours need not be this species and I mention it only because a short time ago I'd identified a myxomycete from my garden as this species.

HarveyPerkins wrote:

6 Oct 2019

Heino - thanks for that information. I've now uploaded an additional image (a close up of the main image) that appears to show both young and old fruiting bodies. Weird things, slime moulds!

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Location information

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 Aug 2017 12:55 PM Recorded on
HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Slime Moulds HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Trichiales (Order) Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1228.59m Recorded at altitude
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