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Slime Mould Tubulifera arachnoidea

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
edited October 29, 2014 in Holy Macro
This shows a pink stage and a resistant stage, the latter one day older than the former.

This was shot (hand-held) with my E-M1 and Kiron 105mm macro lens at f11, with a Marumi +5 supplementary, RC twin flash. The full magnification of the combination was not used because of difficulty getting the flash aimed at the subject at the short distance. The scale is indicated by the presence of common moss (i.e. not club moss). (That fragment was already on top).

There was knee-deep quicksand-like mud alongside the log. A more recent visit, after local rain, found the locality was now a pond.

Harold

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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2014
    Interesting capture Harold.
    Brian v.
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2014
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Interesting capture Harold.
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    The slime moulds, as you probably know, vary from somewhat undifferentiated to interesting and colourful. My interest is more photographic than biological but their life cycles grab my interest, if only to help time my returns to locations. Apparently, this species is not rare.

    Where I can, I like to get in close and show the fine structure but this location was just too precarious, especially having to fiddle with faulty camera controls. I have now had the RC flash circuitry on my EM-1 repaired, and the rear dial replaced, so hardware limitations should not be a problem from now on.

    I have been checking local fungi and moulds and only Magpie Inkcaps are of current interest. There are expert-guided forays on Sunday and Monday. I am now official photographer for those.

    Harold
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    GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited October 25, 2014
    Can remember putting my hand in of of those orange ones! Yuk
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2014
    GOLDENORFE wrote: »
    Can remember putting my hand in of of those orange ones! Yuk
    ...and you didn't instantly transform into a giant amoeba? :):
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    Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2014
    Fascinating.

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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited October 29, 2014
    We saw an isolated pink-stage colony on moss at the weekend at another local, woodland site. Although salmon pink, the shape gives the common name of Strawberry Slime Mould.

    Harold
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