HETERO-BASIDIOMYCETES-Temellales-The Jelly Fungi - II
Top image: Mature individuals
Horizontal FOV 5mm
Canon 10D
Canon 20mm Macro on tubes @ f/3.5
19 images at .001 inch increments
Middle Image: New growth (white balls)
Horizontal FOV 4.75mm
Canon 10D
B&H .7inch f.l. lens reversed on tubes @ f/4
55 images at .001 inch increments
Bottom Image: Nematode’s eye view
Horizontal FOV 1.75mm
Canon 10D
B&H .7inch f.l. lens reversed on tubes @ f/5.6
55 images at .001 inch increments
All images processed in Combine ZM and Photoshop
These tiny gems are one of the smallest temellales that I am aware of. The only ones smaller are those seen in my earlier post “Sorocarps of a Dictyostelid”. Not visible to the naked eye, they can sometimes be spotted visually if there are enough of them as an orange coloration on the substrate. In this case a log.
From my personal study those seen in the top image are mature and have reached their full size and color. I could be in error and they may be a different species than the other two images. The middle image shows the growth of new members of a cluster. The white subjects grew in after about two weeks in captivity. Unlike myxos these can be kept alive and well for a good period with the right humidity and lighting.
The bottom image is nematodes eye view of the happy family that I took to better understand their growth. Fun subjects under a dissecting microscope they are less photogenic in the compound type but interesting none-the-less.
Walt
