Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage

Dryandra St Woodland

Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Dryandra St Woodland - 2 Mar 2024
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage at Dryandra St Woodland - 2 Mar 2024
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Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage 4 Mar 2024 Teresa
Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage 4 Mar 2024 Heino1
Unidentified 4 Mar 2024 ConBoekel

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creeping fungus

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Heino1 wrote:
   4 Mar 2024
A slime mould - one for Teresa.
Teresa wrote:
   4 Mar 2024
Is that the natural colour or was this image taken late in the day?
On bark, suggestive of a Physaraceae, but still too immature to ID further.
ConBoekel wrote:
   4 Mar 2024
Hi Teresa
It was on a pile of woodchips. The colour is reasonably 'true'. This object is similar to one I saw and recorded in Nature Map which was also on a pile of woodchips at Blue Gum Point.
Teresa wrote:
   4 Mar 2024
Thanks Con,
very interesting, I'd need to observe the spores to be 100% certain, but there is a Fuligo sp. which has a very orangy plasmodial stage, something not seen often. The colour may have come from the substrate, or what ever the plasmo was feeding on, so this also makes ID from images quite difficult. Great observation.

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  • Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1304.9m Recorded at altitude
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