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This tiny patch of slime mold really stood out due to it's colour. It was about 40mm long and I stupidly touched it before taking pics (the dent on one side) Most importantly I have never seen the red 'bleed' before. The substrate was a well rotted eucalyptus log. It felt like touching a mess of detergent bubbles.
In a local nature reserve.
I still have no idea of what caused the bleeding. Maybe just some capillary action from the wet log?
Stemonitis flavogenita?
"S.flavogenita is the only species mentioned in the literature with a yellow plasmodium" - http://www.abfg.org/bap/viewtopic.php?p=...
Kingdom: Amoebozoa
Phylum: Mycetozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Stemonitida
Family: Stemonitidae
See this spotting also... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/212...
Spotted on May 24, 2014
Submitted on May 24, 2014
4 Comments
It's good
Thanks Hayley and suzmonk :)
Nice job ...
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing :)