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Trichia(?) slime mold colonized by a fungus

Polycephalomyces tomentosus

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

The brown balls are a slime mold that have a fungus growing on them. My mycologist friend Larry Millman found these when I was with him and gave me the ID.

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Comments (2)
Tom15
Thanks Mark. The fungi world is full of amazing things!
Mark Ridgway
Brilliant. I never would have thought. The time frames for mycos always seemed too long for the world of myxos but there we go. Thanks heaps Tom.

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