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Myxomycetes
White fruit bodies, with stalks.
Found on decaying pine needles.
Spotted on Jul 14, 2022
Submitted on Aug 26, 2022
6 Comments
Whimsical!
Thanks for the comments Jae, Zlatan and Mark. Never occured to me these might be slime molds. I've yet to really wrap my mind around slime molds. I looked at some pics of their fruiting bodies. Quite diverse. I've probably been seeing them and not realizing what they are.
Mark,I'm not sure what pupal case you're seeing. All I see is a dried up pine flower.
Great to see Myxos and Mycos together btw... and then there's the pupal case of some arthropod so you could post it a third time. 8-D
I also agree with Jae.
The distribution and thickness of 'stipe' is myxogastric to my eye.
Very interesting spotting; and I tend to agree with Jae that these are more likely some fruiting bodies.
Interesting spotting tomk3886. I think though that these aren't eggs but the fruiting bodies of a slime mold.