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Red raspberry slime mold

Tubifera ferruginosa

Description:

Small clumps of pink, red, orange tapioca-like sporangia were developing around the base of a large eucalyptus next to lichens and mosses.

Habitat:

Within a nature reserve incorporating stringybark, acacias, pomaderris, pittosporum, assorted woody shrubs and grasses.

Notes:

Same as the one I found last year but very different colours. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/947... Kingdom: Amoebozoa Phylum: Mycetozoa Class: Myxogastria Order: Liceida Family: Reticulariaceae Genus: Tubifera Distribution in Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago
aka Red Rasberry Slime Mold
Tubifera ferruginosa


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3 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 10 years ago

Could this be what has started growing here, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/375...

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

amazing shades of red and yellow !

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks Jellis. Just what I was thinking.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 12, 2013

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