4 Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Identification history
| Chromelosporium/Ostracoderma sp. | 3 Feb 2024 | Teresa | ||
| Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa | 10 Aug 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa | 9 Aug 2023 | AJB |
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I think this is a slime mould?
3 comments
AJB
wrote:
3 Feb 2024
Thanks for taking the time to have a look at this Teresa. I do love looking closely at this stuff. Is it a fungus because of the things that stick out like hairs?
Teresa
wrote:
3 Feb 2024
Hi @AJB the 'hairy' bits are the left overs of the surrounding 'bubbles' after spore dispersal. This is quite common on earth and low vegetation after heavy dew or light rain during moderate temperate times. Something commonly mistaken for a myxomycetes. Usually found beneath low shrubs in wooded areas.
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa also produces very tiny columns with a single spore on each end, although this feature is only visible with the aid of high magnification. Searching for these critters reveals so much about biodiversity and their existence for so many millennia.
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa also produces very tiny columns with a single spore on each end, although this feature is only visible with the aid of high magnification. Searching for these critters reveals so much about biodiversity and their existence for so many millennia.
Location information
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 9 Aug 2023 11:00 AM Recorded on
- AJB Recorded by
Species information
- Chromelosporium/Ostracoderma sp. Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Unknown
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 965.84m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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