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Hemitrichia serpula
This is a case of one fungi growing on another fungi.
Spotted on Oct 12, 2014
Submitted on Oct 20, 2014
7 Comments
"Clever" little fungi - making the most of it. Must have a read of its adaptability and growth habit. Great spotting Tom !
Thanks Mark, Fyn and Maria. I've only seen this type of growth a couple other times. The Fairy Pin - Phaeocalicium polyporaeum commonly grows on Trametes and one other time when Polycephalomyces tomentosus was on a different slime mold, a Trichia sp. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/708...
Wow - it does look like a salted pretzel. Cool spotting, Tom!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
That's a brilliant find Tom. The Hemitrichia is not a fungi at all of course (kingdom Protista) and, being so ephemeral, I have often wondered if and fungi can use them. There we have it! Thanks.. :)
LuckyLogan, I added this and another slime mold to your mission. I have plenty more pictures of slime molds and will put more on your mission.
Hey Tom, if you have the time, it'd be awesome if you could add your slime mold spottings to my mission for them http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4357...