Slime Moulds (Myxomycetes)
Sighting 4396688

Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage

Yass River, NSW

Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021
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Identification history

Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage 2 Dec 2021 Heino1
Unidentified 3 Oct 2021 SenexRugosus

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User's notes

Totally gross.

2 comments

Heino1 wrote:
   2 Dec 2021
Presumably a myxomycete (or slime mould) plasmodium starting to differentiate into separate but gregarious fruitbodies.
SenexRugosus wrote:
   2 Dec 2021
Thanks Heino1. In retrospective perhaps I should have set a camera up and watched it evolve.

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Yoyetta sp. (genus) (Firetail or Ambertail Cicada) at Yass River, NSW - 18 Dec 2022 by SenexRugosus
Ecnolagria grandis (Honeybrown beetle) at Yass River, NSW - 15 Dec 2022 by SenexRugosus
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed) at Yass River, NSW - 15 Dec 2022 by SenexRugosus
Helpis minitabunda (Threatening jumping spider) at Yass River, NSW - 1 Dec 2022 by SenexRugosus
Heterotextus sp. (A yellow saprophytic jelly fungi) at Yass River, NSW - 16 Oct 2022 by SenexRugosus
Petroica boodang (Scarlet Robin) at Yass River, NSW - 13 Feb 2022 by SenexRugosus
Antechinus flavipes (Yellow-footed Antechinus) at Yass River, NSW - 16 Jan 2022 by SenexRugosus
Olearia erubescens (Silky Daisybush) at Yass River, NSW - 13 Nov 2021 by SenexRugosus
Plebs eburnus (Eastern bush orb-weaver) at Yass River, NSW - 3 Oct 2021 by SenexRugosus
Ramaria sp. (A Coral fungus) at Yass River, NSW - 25 May 2021 by SenexRugosus
Nicodamidae (family) (Red and Black Spider) at Yass River, NSW - 9 May 2021 by SenexRugosus
Lagriini sp. (tribe) (Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle) at Yass River, NSW - 15 Feb 2021 by SenexRugosus
Grallina cyanoleuca (Magpie-lark) at Yass River, NSW - 1 Dec 2020 by SenexRugosus
Stellaria pungens (Prickly Starwort) at Yass River, NSW - 27 Oct 2020 by SenexRugosus
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Hardenbergia violacea (False Sarsaparilla) at Yass River, NSW - 27 Aug 2019 by SenexRugosus

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  • 3 Oct 2021 03:55 PM Recorded on
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