#didymiums

[myxomycota]

two Lamproderma on a very small Didymium squamulosum, all perched on the point of a holly leaf.

by Barry Webb

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Didymium squamulosum with ice crown.

In Macro Photos, Barry Webb Captures the Fleeting, Otherworldly Characteristics of Slime Molds and Fungi

Metatrichia floriformis and physarum

Cribraria

Craterium minutum

[microcosmicobservations]

Didymium clavus aka tiny cookies covered in powdered sugar

And here's a size reference of the specimen (they are the tiny white dots, if it's not obvious):

[wild-e-eep]

I've seen quite a few slime moulds about recently. I think this one is Didymium melanospermum which likes growing on mosses. It is rather small.

[drunken-drk]

Gemstones! Sapphire: What makes them happiest? Is there a reason why?

I apologize I hadn't seen this till now but thank you so much ahhh!!

Two things make Norika is the happiest ! And while one she will happily admit, the other she is stubborn to..

Firstly! She is happiest when she is working with glass. In particular, her favorite part that always has her smiling and a glimmer of joy in her eyes is when she adds the color!

It's just incredibly fulfilling and satisfying to add color and basically life into a piece no matter what it is.

And then another moment of pure joy for her is to be with her two friends, Kham and Menyou~ As seen above! ( @sketchy-nick is the best thank u for the art) She isn't allowed relationships with others so these two are a secret which is part of why she doesnt like to admit the joy she feels with them. The moments are not often but nonetheless they are precious to her.

Norika's life outside of work is quite strict and she has to keep up a façade to be safe. But glass and her secret friendships keep her going and give her the bliss and distractions she needs.

[phillips-safety]

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[gochujangst]

Fight of your lives

[girlofindustry]

This is the same pair of earrings photographed underneath fluorescent light(top) and incandescent light(bottom) The dramatic color changes in this Didymium glass are caused by traces of rare-earth elements which produce this effect depending on if it’s under incandescent and fluorescent lights. This particular glass is called “count von count” and it’s made by @creationismessy These earrings are available in my shop today. #linkinbio👆 #flameworking #lampwork #glassart #alexisberger #ジュエリー #bijoux #schmuck #schmuckkunst #glaskunst #jewelry #handmadejewelry #earrings #handmadeearrings #didymium https://www.instagram.com/p/CpftiaOJ8Sa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mutant-distraction]

One from a month ago taken during a cold spell. A single Didymium squamulosum wearing an ice crown.

Photo by: @barrywebbimages

[sowsbelly]

Slime Mold - Didymium sp. Prob. Didymium minus. Wunderlich County Park. Woodside, San Mateo Co., Calif.

[nondenominationalqueer]

Sketched some Creatures™ for practice (for the purpose of this exercise, slime mold is a Creature™)

Reference photos:

Arcyria denudata

Northern spring salamander

Iberian worm lizard

Didymium squamulosum

Eastern newt

[myxomycota]

Lamproderma scintillans fruiting on Didymium squamulosum

by Barry Webb

[sitting-on-me-bum]

"Slime Mould Didymium Squamulosum On Holly Leaf"

By Andy Sands

Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards

[mscoyditch]

In Macro Photos, Barry Webb Captures the Fleeting, Otherworldly Characteristics of Slime Molds and Fungi

August 26, 2023

ThisIsColossal.com

Grace Ebert

All images © Barry Webb, licensed

Photographer Barry Webb (previously) continues his hunt for the speckled, glimmering, and ice-crested organisms that pop up near his home in South Buckinghamshire, U.K. Armed with a 90-millimeter macro lens, Webb ventures into woodlands and other natural areas where slime molds and fungi thrive. There, he zeroes in on their microscopic features, documenting their wildly diverse characteristics that often last for just a brief moment in time. Recent shots include a tuft of Muppet-like fuzz topping Metatrichia floriformis, a water droplet suspended between two cup-like Craterium minutum, and a cluster of Pink stemonitis filaments propped on spindly black legs.

Webb has won several awards in recent months, including from the Royal Photographic Society and Close-Up Photographer of the Year. Four of his photos will be featured at the Vienna Mushroom Festival next month, prints are available on his site, and you can find more of his work on Instagram.

Didymium Squamulosum with ice crown

Metatrichia floriformis and physarum

Cribraria

Pink Stemonitis

Craterium minutum

Leocarpus fragilis

Holly Parachute fungus Marasmius hudsonii

[msamba]

In Macro Photos, Barry Webb Captures the Fleeting, Otherworldly Characteristics of Slime Molds and Fungi | Colossal

AUGUST 26, 2023 GRACE EBERT Didymium squamulosum with ice crown. All images © Barry Webb Photographer Barry Webb (previously) continues his hunt for the speckled, glimmering, and ice-crested organisms that pop up near his home in South Buckinghamshire, U.K. Armed with a 90-millimeter macro lens, Webb ventures into woodlands and other natural areas where slime molds and fungi thrive. There, he…

[classicalshorts]

Show Me Your Metal (7)

Lanthanum (La): This element comes in at 57 on the Periodic Table. This metal is a rare element and, therefore, hard to discover, which, as we shall see, explains how it got its name. It was discovered through extractions from the mineral cerite. Mosander first discovered didymium mixed with cerite, which he separated into two different types in 1885. Cerite had first been discovered in 1751. Lanthanum’s turn had to wait until 1923. It had taken longer to find; it ‘lay hidden’ all this time. The name comes from the Greek ‘to escape notice’ (λανθάνειν). The element ‘krypton’ also takes its name from a Greek verb relating to being hidden (κρύπτειν – to hide), similarly reflecting its quality of being hard to discover (unless Superman’s in the way, oh, wait a bit that’s kryptonite!). krypton is a gas rather than a metal.