Lycogala exiguum

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins

This slime mould looks very similar to L.epidendrum and lives in similar habitats (on rotten wood). The difference is that it has the persistent, angular, orange scales when mature. These were found recently in an Ancient Woodland.

Field images (first 2):

Olympus EM-1, (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, 1/60 at f10 ISO 6400

Studio images:

Olympus EM-1 (manual mode), Laowa 25mm f2.8 2.5x-5x ultra-macro at x2.5 and f11, twin TTL flash hand-held. Field of view 7mm wide.

The stereos are crosseye.

Harold

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