Dictyostelium

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Dictyostelium

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At least I am assuming that is what it is, first slime mold of this type that I have personally seen. The substrate is the bark of a flowering dogwood that had been in a moist culture chamber (petri dish with damp filter paper) for a little over a week and a half. The purpose of such was to culture slime mold specimens. Looks as though it worked but not quite to my expectations as I was hoping for Myxogastria species.

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Omano OM2300S-V3 dissecting microscope with Sony DSC-W5 camera 1/2 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 60W equiv. daylight LED illumination

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Post by micro_pix »

Hi,

Myxomycetes can be tough to identify. From my limited experience this looks like a Cribraria species, possibly something like Cribraria violacea .

David

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Post by Ken Ramos »

micro_pix wrote:Hi,

Myxomycetes can be tough to identify. From my limited experience this looks like a Cribraria species, possibly something like Cribraria violacea .

David
Sure looks like it, doesn't it. Thanks for the link, ID and the comment. :D

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