#comatricha species

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Arcyria denudata.

Macro Photos by Barry Webb Highlight the Spectacular Diversity of Slime Molds

Comatricha nigra

Comatricha species

Cribraria aurantiaca group

Stemonitis and insects

[myxomycota]

young Comatricha nigra by naturefold

[songstarliner]

Slime Mold, Comatricha species

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Self-Taught Nature Photographer Alison Pollack Tracks the Fascinating Fungi of Northern California

Stemonitis. All photographs by Alison Pollack

Avid photographer and retired environmental consultant Alison Pollack documents the fascinating phenotypes of mushrooms and slime molds she encounters on hikes in northern California. Her images show shaggy white Comb Tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides), Stemonitis slime molds that wouldn’t look out of place on the dessert menu of an experimental restaurant, and Comatricha that bear a strong resemblance to urban lamp posts. Recently, the north Bay Area-based photographer shared with the Marin Independent Journal that she has had a longtime interest in hiking and mushrooming, but has grown more focused on fungi photography in the last two years. You can follow along with Pollock’s findings, and help her identify unknown species, on Instagram.

Tyromyces chioneus

Hericium erinaceus

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

L: Comatricha / R: Hemitrichia calyculata

Crepidotus mollis

Physarum viride

Trametes versicolor

Mycena

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Self-Taught Nature Photographer Alison Pollack Tracks the Fascinating Fungi of Northern California

Stemonitis. All photographs by Alison Pollack

Avid photographer and retired environmental consultant Alison Pollack documents the fascinating phenotypes of mushrooms and slime molds she encounters on hikes in northern California. Her images show shaggy white Comb Tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides), Stemonitis slime molds that wouldn’t look out of place on the dessert menu of an experimental restaurant, and Comatricha that bear a strong resemblance to urban lamp posts. Recently, the north Bay Area-based photographer shared with the Marin Independent Journal that she has had a longtime interest in hiking and mushrooming, but has grown more focused on fungi photography in the last two years. You can follow along with Pollock’s findings, and help her identify unknown species, on Instagram.

Tyromyces chioneus

Hericium erinaceus

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

L: Comatricha / R: Hemitrichia calyculata

Crepidotus mollis

Physarum viride

Trametes versicolor

Mycena

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[myxomycota]

Comatricha nigra by Sarah Lloyd

“Most slime mold species change considerably in colour, shape, and size as they develop. The cream-coloured fruiting bodies in the foreground started to ooze out of the log right next to the pinkish-coloured ones that appeared the days before. I checked the size and decoration on the spores, the extension of the columnella (extension of stalk inside the spore mass) and the capillitium microscopically and, to my surprise, it turned out to be Comatricha nigra. C. nigra is one of the most common Comatricha species that is usually quite easy to identify by its slightly sub-globose sporotheceae (‘head’) on long stalks, but like all slime molds, it is very variable.”