On rotten read alder branch in mountain stream.Plasmodium ressembles, but may not be, "Arcyria affines".pp69-69 Sarah Lloyd "Where the slime mould creeps. 4th edition, but the capitulum looks like Paradiachaeopsis, p.96?
On wood chip pile. Globose to Oval leprose top 340umx460um sporocarp from top view. Sporocarp 340um tall, pale tan fluted 110um stalk - not always centre for all sporocarps. 10-20 um thick peridium or ‘skin’, dense capillitium. Peridium sunken ‘attachment’ to stalk. Cylindrical columella often widening to the hypothallus at bottom, with a single indent running from bottom of sporotheca to the hypothallus. Columella is an extension of the stalk, reaching halfway into the sporotheca - visible in photo 6. Thin white thready hypothallus. Photo 7 shows the branching structure of the capitillium, with beads on a string appearance (zoom in) - See pg 102 Black book - Note to self: Next time include x100 view of nodes (!)
A nivicolous species of myxomycete on Rubus idaeus
AM 5335
Leg. Marianne Meyer 22503
nivicolous species near melting snow.
alt. 1200m.
AM 5075
Nivicolous species of myxomycete near melting snow on fallen branch of Fagus sylvatica.
TH= 1;75mm, Ø sporocyst= 1.05mm.
spores 12.7-13.5 µm, spinulose.
Leg. VD
AM 4773-1
L. sauteri var. sauteri on Fagus sylvatica.
TH= 1.875mm.
Capillitium orange brown arising from the upper part of the columella.
spores 12.7-14.3 µm spinulose.
Leg. VD
AM 4772-6
Better macro photos have been taken and will be added as I work through this backlog. Revisited old observation.
Inside decaying old conifer in picnic area.
These are fascinating for their ability to shrink up and revive with moisture. I rehydrated my collection in a humidity chamber and the fruits expanded at least 3x and opened up. These are really more Cyphelloid than pleurotoid, at least in that respect, functioning much like cups in that way.