Winter Myxos, Lycogala epidendrum

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:51 pm

I would have never guessed that I would have found a myxo in the middle of winter, with the night time temperatrues down in the upper 20's. But, here it is. More to come in the Micro Forum tomorrow, got spore shots and everything.

Lycogala epidendrum
Sony DSC-W1
Manual settings, macro mode
1/200 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100
Onboard Flash, deep forest shade, on decaying log

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:40 am

Nice finding Ken.

What's a stripe in a shape of "?" between two groups? A kind of worm trace maybe?

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:05 am

Nikola asked:

What's a stripe in a shape of "?" between two groups? A kind of worm trace maybe?

Probably so Nikola, a worm, maybe even a small wood eating beetle, I am not sure.

Thanks!

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:29 am

I would guess that they are dried up but looks like only one has deflated and released spores. Is that what it looks like Ken? I thought I saw you the other day on your hands and knees on the ground the other day

get your knees dirty did you?

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:15 am

Well, I guess you could say they are dried up. Actually these are mature aethalia. When young they appear as pinkish colored aethalia. They are very fragile, as are most myxos, and the cortex is easily damaged and appear rough through the microscope.

Thanks Doug

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:11 am

Hey I missed this posting somehow? Those myxos are very well camouflaged on that log Ken - in fact if Doug hadn't pointed out the deflated one I'd have missed it altogether!

Had a look for your follow-up posting in the Micro Forum but couldn't find it?

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:57 am

Opps!

Sorry Bruce and my apologies to anyone else who may have went searching for that particular post. I removed it by mistake, seeing as how there had not been a response to it in a few weeks, I forgot that I had referrenced a link to it. I do this to my own posts and not to that of our members, when they have sat unresponded to for an extended period of time. Why

I dunno, they just seem to take up space.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:42 am

No problem Ken

So can we see it now?

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:00 am

Here ya go Bruce

Lycogala epidendrum, spore mass and spores

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:50 am

Ken Ramos wrote:Opps! Sorry Bruce and my apologies to anyone else who may have went searching for that particular post. I removed it by mistake, seeing as how there had not been a response to it in a few weeks, I forgot that I had referrenced a link to it. I do this to my own posts and not to that of our members, when they have sat unresponded to for an extended period of time. Why I dunno, they just seem to take up space.

Ken, I remember seeing that micro post. I was intrigued by the spikiness of the spores. But I didn't take time to comment on it, maybe because every time I start to comment, my brain seems to suck me off down some strange search path, and before I know it a long time has gone by!

Anyway, space is no problem, my friend! By all means leave those unanswered postings in place -- you never know when somebody will have made a note of them, maybe even a link.

And they're always findable by searching.

--Rik

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:04 pm

I'm thankful for google, otherwise I would not know what I was looking at. Good shot (macro and micro) of a surprising find. When I looked up Meiji, I found it was an optical microscope manufacturer. Is there anything special about your Meiji? Please forgive my ignorence on these matters, particularly microphotography.

Irwin

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:09 pm

No there is nothing special about the Meiji EMZ-13TR I suppose

. Just your regular run of the mill stereomicroscope. It is what I used in conjunction with the camera to take some the images that is all. Thanks Irwin