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Slime Moulds and Fungi, mainly...
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wrenandbee.bsky.social
An absolute beast…

Lime Hawkmoth larva 🐛

(July, Camberwell UK)

#BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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johnashburner.bsky.social
Looks like this one that I found in the garden a few years ago. If it's the same species, I'll have to correct my iNaturalist record of it to Brefeldia maxima (from Didymium spongiosum - dog sick slime mould - which was the iNat AI suggestion).
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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davidst999.bsky.social
It's slime time!! Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima), appears as a shiny, white, slimy mass on decaying wood, mulch, or grass, feeds on bacteria and fungi. Seen today in @SWT Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve. #Protozoa @scotwildlife.bsky.social
Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima), appears as a shiny, white, slimy mass on decaying wood, mulch, or grass, feeds on bacteria and fungi. Seen today in @SWT Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve. #Protozoa @scotwildlife.bsky.social Tapioca slime mold (Brefeldia maxima), appears as a shiny, white, slimy mass on decaying wood, mulch, or grass, feeds on bacteria and fungi. Seen today in @SWT Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve. #Protozoa @scotwildlife.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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wildlife.nathan.fun
Kunstformen der Natur Leipzig und Wien: Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1899-1904. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47388463) #nature #illustration #art
Kunstformen der Natur Leipzig und Wien: Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1899-1904. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47388463�
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Slime mold Arcyria stipata. This one is a pretty finger-y species. NWT, Canada. Specimen is about 3cm wide.
#myxo #slimemould #fungifriends
Close up photo of a wine-coloured slime mold which looks like a tight cluster of human fingers on short stalks.
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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blackler.bsky.social
Wow! Brilliant quality images.

These Brefeldia Maxima images reminded me of the stages one of the examples on the Slime Mould Stump went through.
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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mush-photos.bsky.social
With Christmas around the corner, it feels right to share a few more Amanita muscaria photos 🍄

📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 320
Stack of 77 images
10/23/21
Northern Oregon Coast

#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms

🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫
Three perfect Amanita muscaria, mushrooms with an iconic red cap covered in white dots, grow from very mossy ground. The two mushrooms on the left are very young and small. The mushroom on the right is very large and is perfectly shaped. Its base is bulbous and the stipe is thick with a slightly rough texture and off-white color. The cap is very round, like three quarters of the top of a round red ball, uniformly fire engine red, and covered in evenly spaced white spots.
December 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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blackler.bsky.social
Not sure of the species and different stages but the Slime Mould Stump now has a longer red sample and a pinkish lightbulb similar to the previous white, yellow and brown versions.

#SlimeMould #FungiFriends
Close-up of tiny red slime mould sporangia. Close-up of tiny pink slime mould sporangia. Close-up of tiny yellow slime mould sporangia. Close-up of tiny red slime mould sporangia.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
So reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can't fly, but they are VERY MAGICAL.

For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.

Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.
Paddy Kalish OD shared this photo of reindeer eyes, showing a dramatic difference in eye color, probably dramatized, because the real effect is a eye-shine color, which is hard to represent.
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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kerriedoodles.bsky.social
Day twenty of #ArtAdventCalendar

Here’s a pair of miniature woodcock (made out of clay) reading all about themselves in my Observer’s Book of Birds.
A pair of woodcock, sculpted out of air drying clay and intricately painted. They are positioned so that they appear to be looking at the painting of a woodcock in the Observer’s Book of Birds.
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Chocolate tube slime mold (Stemonitis sp). Northwest Territories, Canada.
#myxo #slimemould #fungifriends.
Specimen is about 3cm wide x 2cm high.
Photo of a chocolate tube slime mold on a dead branch, with a green background. The slime mold is comprised of hundreds of tiny chocolate coloured, tube-shaped sporangia, each held up by long, wire-looking stems.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Cannonball fungus. About 5mm high. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#fungus #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom
Close up photo of a tiny fungus that looks like a yellow egg sitting in a fancy egg cup. The fungus is growing on a log.
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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geertje-geertsma.bsky.social
Meer lukt niet vandaag maar het is weer een begin.

Toefige Labyrintzwam #FungiFriends
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social
Didymium squamulosum. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa #myxofriends
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social
Physarum cinereum (or similar?). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa #myxofriends
December 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social
Hemitrichia decipiens. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa #myxofriends
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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plantlifeuk.bsky.social
You did it! 🎉

#WaxcapWatch has had its best year ever — triple last year’s records! 🍄🤯

Every sighting helps protect species‑rich grasslands and their rare fungi.

Thank you for being part of this amazing community 💚
Bright red and orangey scarlet waxcap with a velvety texture grow among green grass and moss, creating a vivid contrast against the surrounding foliage. A small parrot waxcap mushroom stands among bright green moss and grass, its smooth, translucent cap glowing warmly in the sunlight. Dewdrops and soft-focus vegetation create a gentle, shimmering background. Close-up view of a ballerina waxcap mushroom, showing its delicate pale‑pink cap and pronounced, frilled gills. The mushroom stands among green grass with soft natural light highlighting its smooth stem and pastel colouring. A small golden waxcap mushroom with a bright orange-yellow cap and a slender yellow stem stands among fresh green grass, its surface slightly glossy in the natural light.
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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scotfot.bsky.social
#slimemould
A large patch of branching yellow slime mould spreading across a wet log
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
I have seen them eating a sea cucumber and a few jellies before, but never a sea pig! Awesome! Here's a closer look
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Slime mold, Leocarpus fragilis. NWT, Canada. #slime #myxo #fungifriends
Photo of tan coloured slime mold fruiting on a piece of grey, dead plant material. The background colour is green.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Slime mold, Physarum rubiginosum on moss. NWT, Canada. #slime #fungifriends
Photo of a slime mold fruiting over a species of green moss. The individual slime mold sporangia look like tiny orange spheres or ornaments on a moss “tree”.
December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Rare sighting of a vegan slime mold returning from the hunt.
NWT, Canada.
#slime #myxo #fungifriends
Photo of a yellow slime mold on a twig. The slime mold has a green plant sprout growing through it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Mosses love to decorate with slime molds. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany
Close up photo of a moss plant that appears to be decorated like a tree, with black bulbs (slime mold sporangia)
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
The letters aren’t formed all that well, but a pretty good effort for a slime mold. There’s a couple of special characters in there so I suspect it’s a password.
(Species name, Physarum bivalve)
#myxo #slime #fungifriends #language
#linguist
Photo of a slime mold fruiting on a dead wild rose stem. The slime mold sporangia sort of look like letters from the Roman Alphabet (c r u u etc.) arranged as a “word”.
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social
Trichia sp. hiding beneath a polypore fungus. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa #myxofriends
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM