Coralline Algae

that and also the other spotting ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7883512 ) needs clarification, Maybe i have made AGAIN a mistake. -- back then i was confused, because you set this as category fungi, and spoke faster than i sometimes think. The last days i was searching for the references, in which i read "sea slime/molds" ( i have looked {not really read} and downloaded many "pdf's"-books about "mycology" the last weeks) and i didn't find that piece of writing back, i mean it was only a few lines, Or maybe i misread/confused it with slime molds in "melt-WATETR" . (in "fungi/mushrooms"-i'm just 3-4 years intrested/busy, in "lichen" 1-2 month, and "slime molds" do i know already (as lichen too) longer, but they where always just "slime - "fungi" for me, really recognized/noticed have i them, just recently. (and i'm fascinated), {but about SEA-slime mold thought i to have read about, but i really could have cofused it with "fresh/melt-water" myxomycotas or some plasmodial algae-- but "salt water molds" are exist at least in form of the "black aquarium algae ( http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl&safe=off&q=salt%20water%20mold&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=18397l18397l0l19411l1l1l0l0l0l0l341l341l3-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1201&bih=585&wrapid=tlif132286445361811&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&ei=R0_ZTtL0FsKXOr2VncYO ) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_mold}.!! When i see the "title" and think back that i'm suggested it, i feel a little bit ashamed, but i'm not to proud to admit, when i make a fault/mistake ! here some references/books (pdf) about slime mold, there is also a species-"key" ( http://www.google.nl/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=nl&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=A+SAFRINET+MANUAL+FOR+MYCOLOGY.+Sponsored+by+SDC%2C+Switzerland.+Contents.+Collecting+and.+Preserving.+Fungi.+Compiled+by+the.+Biosystematics+&pbx=1&oq=A+SAFRINET+MANUAL+FOR+MYCOLOGY.+Sponsored+by+SDC%2C+Switzerland.+Contents.+Collecting+and.+Preserving.+Fungi.+Compiled+by+the.+Biosystematics+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=2888l2888l0l6835l1l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a89f62caac83632d&biw=1201&bih=585 ) , this one is nice --> ( http://www.google.nl/#hl=nl&cp=13&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=MORPHOTAX.pdf&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&safe=off&site=&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=MORPHOTAX.pdf&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a89f62caac83632d&biw=1201&bih=585 ) , slime mold key --> ( http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Key.asp?KeyID=2 ) , cultivating --> ( http://www.google.nl/#hl=nl&cp=8&gs_id=2&xhr=t&q=fung-scr&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&safe=off&site=&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=fung-scr&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a89f62caac83632d&biw=1201&bih=585 ) , or sadly for some german --> ( http://www.google.nl/#hl=nl&cp=30&gs_id=a&xhr=t&q=%C3%9Cber+einheimische+Schleimpilze&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&safe=off&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=%C3%9Cber+einheimische+Schleimpilze&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a89f62caac83632d&biw=1201&bih=585 ) . sorry again and good luck ( and most likely had cindybinghamkeiser "nailed it").

Ha! Coral spotted Coraline Algae :) I know, bad joke.

I'll be in San Diego in a month. Hoping the weather allows for some tide pooling. We do some here, but the beaches in the summer are cooler and windier than So Cal in the dead of winter

I found absolutely nothing in that article, sorry. My gut says coraline algae, however. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coralline_algae

I wouldn't think it was a mold in the tidal zone. Do you have any info on sea slime mold, as I"m not finding anything

do you think it belongs to fungi. it's possibly: they exist also sea-slime molds . very nice shape/colorfull pictures, it's a little bit concentration needed, to dont get distracted from all the beatifull details to see. In the sea are many weird organism but you could be right with the suspected fungi-category. (even if slime molds are new area for me, the sea slime molds are alien for me). good luck