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Red raspberry slime

Tubifera ferruginosa

Description:

On a dull day in a damp forest this little patch really stood out. Patch about 50mm wide. Looks like dayglo caviar. Second pic shows a medium sized ant possibly checking for a meal.

Habitat:

In leaf and twig litter in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

http://www.disjunctnaturalists.com/slime...

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11 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks for the comments everyone. The fungi and slime-mold season is truly here now. Enjoy summer most of you.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 9 years ago

Oh I love this! It's so bright & yummy looking :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

love it !

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

wow, slime mold is spectacular to see, congrats mark and thanks for sharing!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Lovely color Mark..

JillBlack
JillBlack 9 years ago

Great colour

SargonR
SargonR 9 years ago

Yes, looks like caviar.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

This looks delicious.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 9 years ago

Wow! Love the brilliant red, Mark! Amazing.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks Lauren. I like your current outbreak of Pyraloidea :-)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Amazing! It looks so much like a psychedelic egg mass.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 24, 2014
Submitted on Apr 26, 2014

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