Insect Egg Slime

Description:

Sporophore which individually is very small, just a couple of millimeters in diameter and as much in height, but forming associations of multiple individuals of varying size and number. It usually has more pear-shaped or oval sharply, and its color varies greatly depending on the ambient humidity and the stage of development that is. At first it is bright yellow, then red again, finally reddish brown and brown totally drought situations. Its surface is smooth and shiny except in the last stage described. foot sometimes nonexistent but when it appears whitish or translucent, and very short, no more than 1 mm or so. Carne negligible, we can say that it lacks.

Habitat:

This Myxomycete is widespread, abundant and frequent. It can affect almost any time of year, but is most common in autumn. Fruiting on various herbaceous debris, needles, wood, dung or on plant stems.

Notes:

It is one of the better known species Myxomycetes, Physarales belonging to the order characterized by having faneroplasmodios, possess calcium carbonate composition and the pigment have their spores. It is commonly confused with septic Fuligo , yellow, but has no appreciable individual sporophores sight, but a kind of mucilaginous mass.