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Moss & lichen covered stump from a tree cut down a long time ago. It's hard to separate it visually from the background clutter.

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Moss & lichen covered stump from a tree cut down a long time ago. It's hard to separate it visually from the background clutter.
Sort of a botanical "from dust thou art . . ."
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One solitary mushroom and another species that likes company, but not too many relatives.

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Fungi on trees
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This yesterday's dog walk.







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A small orange mushroom cap and a very large shelf-type fungus.

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Lovely thread! I have liverworts, mosses, an agaricus mushroom, a mixed salad, and a couple of maple leaves to add.















These are all fairly short stacks (<150 exposures) in the 5X-20X range.
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Large shelf fungi on a dead tree.
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K-1 and Sigma 24 macro.

Some kind of fungus no doubt...


Tiny spotted berries


Yesterday


Waiting for the slow guy to finish messing with that black thing he always brings.
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QuoteOriginally posted by normhead Quote
Some kind of fungus no doubt...
I could be wrong, but I think that's a slime mould! Lucky!




This fungus grew backwards and impacted its stump. Either that or there's a sloppy dev in the simulation we inhabit.



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QuoteOriginally posted by Philoslothical Quote
I could be wrong, but I think that's a slime mould! Lucky!

I'll second that identification. It may be a slime mold with the totally fitting common name "scrabbled egg slime."


I have to add a caveat: scrambled egg slime (AKA "dog vomit slime") prefers cooler weather = early Spring or Fall.


Two other candidates that look something like the goo pictured:


1) spreading yellowtooth, which is a mushroom not a slime mold, but it generally grows on the surface of dead logs.
2) many-headed slime, which has highly branched extensions with roughly spherical globs at the end (source of the name).


AN ANECDOTE ABOUT many-headed slime, here copied verbatim from my field guide:


“A very common related species, Ashy Physarum (P. cinereum),created a stir in Texas when people thought it was a blob from outer space. When the fire department hosed it down, it split apart, and the moisture provided it with the means to spread and grow substantially larger. People demanded that the governor call the National Guard, but a scientist dispelled the fear by identifying the foreign substance as a common slime mold.”

Perhaps the Texas slime species should be called “chupacabra vomit slime.” (see my sign-off below)

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Spotted wintergreen, always a welcome discovery in the woods this time of year. There must have been an orb web suspended between the two plants overnight, but it was battered and sad by the time we took our walk. No pictures as yet, but Indian pipes are starting to emerge.
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I'll second that identification. It may be a slime mold with to totally fitting common name "scrabbled egg slime."
Was it named that because it tastes like scrambled eggs?
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Was it named that because it tastes like scrambled eggs?
Tell you what = you try it and tell me.
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