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Arcyria sp.
An unusual 'dry' slime mold with quite long, forking fruiting bodies which were easily flailing in the breeze like a gossamer curtain. The largest patch covered about 60mm square.
On a very large, barkless log of Pinus radiata in a local sports park.
The long forking shapes make it a type I haven't seen before. Best match so far is Arcyria nutans http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodi... http://mushroomobserver.org/27535 http://mushroomobserver.org/images/320/6...
Spotted on Sep 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 27, 2013
6 Comments
Thanks arlanda ..or not-so-funny names depending upon your perspective. Someone obviously had a sense of humour though. :-)
Nice spotting Mark.
I think there is some kind of beetles that feed on them. They are called slime mold beetles. Some of them have funny names: http://www.livescience.com/6977-slime-mo...
Thanks Shanna. Maybe a little sauce would help. Come to think of it I've never seen anything consuming this type. Sometimes you can see ants gathering up the moist white ones (self saucing).
That looks terribly unappealing! : )
We found a Tubifera ferruginosa on the very next log. If it was just the brown fluffy bits on this one I would guess some Arcyria but there's other things going on here. These slime molds are great fun to ID. Thanks for the suggestion - I'll look into that.
Maybe a species of Tubifera?