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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Description:

Slime mold. Whitish and translucent organism with tiny, erect, branched or simple structures. It resembles a coral or small icicles. They are with a fuzzy appearance because they produce their spores on their outside surfaces. While not fungi, slime molds often form spore-bearing structures that resemble those of the true fungi. Slime molds form structures called plasmodia which are naked (without cell walls) masses of protoplasm which can move and engulf particles of food in an amoeboid manner. Slime mold plasmodia creep about over the surfaces of materials, engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants, protozoa, and particles of nonliving organic matter. At some point, plasmodia convert into spore-bearing structures. In Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, the plasmodium converts into a clustered mass of stalks bearing spores on their surfaces. There is evidence that the spores are actually one-celled sporangia.

Habitat:

Spotted on dead pine wood. Evergreen oak and pine tree forest.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm.

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3 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 9 years ago

Thanks Lisa, it's a honor to be featured as PN Fact of the Day

arlanda
arlanda 9 years ago

Thanks Lisa, it's a honor to be fe aturde as PN Fact of the Day

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 9 years ago

Congrats! This spotting has been featured as a PN Fact of the Day:

https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...

Project Noah Fact of the Day: Slime mold (aka slime mould) is a broad term describing some organisms that use spores to reproduce. Slime molds were formerly classified as fungi but are no longer considered part of this kingdom. ~Wikipedia

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa spotted in Comunidad de Madrid, Spain by PN user arlanda:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115...

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Spotted on Oct 17, 2014
Submitted on Jan 8, 2015

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