Slime mold, possibly Leocarpus fragilis or Physarum sp.. Note how it has climbed all over a little plant. From Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold, possibly Leocarpus fragilis or Physarum sp. From Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold, possibly Leocarpus fragilis. From Monte Bello OSP.
Plasmodium of a slime mold from underneath a downed log. Windy Hill OSP.
From Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold plasmodium, Monte Bello OSP. Possibly Leocarpus fragilis or Physarum sp.; found six feet from fruiting bodies that did look like L. fragilis.
Slime-mold fruiting bodies, Monte Bello OSP. Possibly Leocarpus fragilis.
More possible L. fragilis or Physarum sp. from Monte Bello OSP.
Plasmodium of a slime mold growing on the underside of an old board lying on the ground. The height of the pictured field is nearly 5 cm. Windy Hill OSP.
Stemonitis sp., Monte Bello OSP
Maybe Stemonitis sp.? This one was particularly tall: 11 mm. Monte Bello OSP.
Immature Stemonitis
Fruiting bodies of slime mold on underside of downed log. Diameter of individual bodies ~1 mm. Monte Bello OSP.
Side view of slime-mold fruiting bodies from previous photo, showing stalks. Monte Bello OSP.
Monte Bello OSP
Slime mold. Windy Hill OSP.
Dog's vomit slime mold (Fuligo sepitica) at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park during dry weather (Oct. 13).
Lycogala slime mold. Windy Hill OSP.
Lycogala sp. Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold. Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold, I think, and a springtail (non-insect arthropod), maybe Ptenothrix maculosa. Monte Bello OSP.
Monte Bello OSP.
From Windy Hill OSP.
Tiny (~1 mm) slime molds. Monte Bello OSP.
Slime mold, probably with parasitic fungus. Windy Hill OSP.
Ceratiomyxa sp. slime mold? Monte Bello OSP.
Expired slime-mold fruiting bodies. Nothing left except the fluffy supporting structure. Maybe Arcyria sp. Monte Bello OSP.
Mass of expired slime-mold fruiting bodies. Maybe Arcyria sp. Monte Bello OSP.
