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0049 Meiji EMZ-8TRH @ 45X Fruit body, Kenneth D. Ramos 5_28_20
The genus may be Badhamia sp. but I cannot be sure. Doing a little research, the plasmodium of both Badhamia and Physarum polycephalum can look pretty much the same. So, to an untrained eye, such as mine, they may be easily confused. Anyway this…
0048 Zeiss Axiostar @ 100X Myxomycete less than 1 mm , Kenneth D. Ramos 2020
I oftentimes use my Axiostar much like a CMO dissecting microscope, the scale bar was made by photographing a plastic ruler at 100x, so I cannot attest to its accuracy, however a microscope stage micrometer is in my future. Corticolous myxomycetes…
0047 Plasmodium
Could be P. polycephalum, not sure. However there are quite a number of cellular (social amoebae) slime mold fruit bodies, appearing as bright specks of dust, associated with it. These are Dictyostelium.
0046 Physarm (species uncertain) Meiji 8TRH @ 25x moist chamber culture
The result of Physarum plasmodium in culture, image 0045 posted 4/26/20. Prior to fruiting the plasmodium grew substantially in size from approx .5 cm to a little over 1 cm.
0045 Slime mold plasmodium, Physarum polycephalum, Meiji EMZ-8TRH @ 20x Kenneth D. Ramos 4_26_20
Moist chamber culture 4/5/20. Substrate is bark pieces from Flowering dogwood tree. These cultures have been very fruitful when it comes to producing a plasmodium.
"I would venture a guess that human activity, insects, wind, and wildlife all play a role in the dispersal of slime molds. As for displacement of other organisms, I really haven't given much thought too but it could be possible I…"
Metatrichia floriformis
"Eucalyptus is something unheard of here in the Blue Ridge Mountain range but I am no stranger to them as California has plenty of them but back when I lived out there, I had not heard of slime molds. These are quite interesting, are there any…"
Lamproderma echinulatum
"Another beautiful specimen, love the metallic coloration and detail in this one as well."
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- Citizen scientist, amateur naturalist and researcher who studies Eumycetozoans among others. Currently my studies are of corticolous myxomycetes, fungi and other tree bark-dwelling organisms. Other interests include Paleontology, Geology, Mass extinctions, Evolution and environmental science
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