a love letter to some of the worlds most underrated and overlooked little guys - slime molds / myxomycota 💛 they might be hiding in your very own backyard…
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Lamproderma sauteri by Karsten Buch
#lamproderma sauteri#lamproderma#iridescent#karsten buch#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Lamproderma scintillans
by Gim Siew Tan
#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#iridescent#gim siew tan#siew g tan#Lamproderma scintillans#lamproderma#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Didymium clavus by Barry Webb
#barry webb#didymium clavus#didymium#slime mold#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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unexpected slime mold on our walk i didn’t even have my good camera but its okay i will go back and check on her



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Chocolate tube slime mold | Genus Stemonitis
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A slime mold, Arcyria ferruginea, grows on dead wood in Hertfordshire, UK. Despite their common name, slime molds are not fungal, and are in fact an amoeba-like organism that clumps together in large structures.
by Will Atkins
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Lamproderma echinosporum
By Karsten Buch
#karsten buch#slime mold#lamproderma echinosporum#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#lamproderma#iridescent#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Lamproderma sp. by Karsten Buch
#karsten buch#slime mold#Lamproderma#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#iridescent#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography#microbiota#nature#biology
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Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
by Karsten Buch
#Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa#karsten buch#slime mold#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography#Ceratiomyxa#texture
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Lamproderma scintillans on a Didymium squamulosum
by Barry Webb.
#barry webb#slime mold#lamproderma scintillans#didymium squamulosum#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography#iridescent#ecology#biology#nature
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Ceratiomyxa porioides
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#fungiphotoholic#ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides#Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa#ceratiomyxa#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#trypophobia#trypophilia#texture#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Stemonitis sp. by Barry Webb
#barry webb#stemonitis#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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springtail on a Physarum sp. slime mold
by Barry Webb
#physarum#barry webb#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#sprintails#collembola#bugs#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Didymium sp. by Gim Siew Tan
#didymium#slime mold#slime mould#myxomycota#gim siew tan#siew g tan#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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Lamproderma zonatum
by Karsten Buch
#Lamproderma zonatum#karsten buch#Lamproderma#iridescent#slime mold#myxomycota#slime mould#forest floor#macro photography#myxomycetes#microbiota#microbiology#microorganisms#nature photography
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