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Enerthenema papillatum
A single layer of rounded spore-bearing fruiting bodies ( about 1 mm wide) on short shiny stalks. All of these sacs showed a dark speck. The colour of these globular bodies ranged from pale peach to grey to black. Also seen amongst these were patches of white material - ? plasmodium.
Spotted on the sawn-off surface a damp decaying Radiata Pine log.
My thanks to arlanda for the ID for this fascinating life form. http://www.argazkik.com/Mixoak/Argazkiak...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/144...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/214... plus a dog I saw licking the log
Will remember this one, for sure. that little disc makes it really interesting. We went back 4 days later to have a look for changes and it had vanished without a trace !. Might have been a too late by then ?
You are welcome, Leuba.
Precisely, is that little apical disk what identifies Enenerhenema.
arlanda, thank you so much for the ID. I must have over-looked your spotting when I checked PN for an ID. I like the little discs on top of the sporocarps. Thanks again.
Beautiful spotting, Leuba.
I think it is Enerthenema papillatum. I have a spotting that is very similar to yours:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/171...
Thanks Leanne. First of its kind for me - so excited ! I hope to see more this season ...
Spotted on Jun 5, 2013
Submitted on Jun 5, 2013
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