Close-up of Candyfloss Slime Mould

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited December 9, 2021 in Holy Macro

Arcyria denudata is one of the commonest slime moulds on rotten wood. However, this is the only colony of this species I have ever found on a leaf (fallen Sycamorel eaf).

This fruiting body (sporocarp) is ripe and starting to expand the mesh-like spore-bearing structure, the capitilium. You can just make out the spirals on its threads in the first image.

The second image shows a rare, clear view of the cap which usually persists on the top of the expanded capitilium.

The third image shows the stalk (ca 1mm tall), bearing the cup-like calyculus. The capitilium has become separated, something which happens more readily in some other species.

Olympus EM-1 (manual mode), Laowa 25mm f2.8 2.5x-5x ultra-macro at f11, twin TTL flash, hand-held.

I hope to upload stereos tomorrow.

Harold

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