Myxomycetes III...
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Myxomycetes III...
the return of Hemitrichia calyculata. (I think )
Sony DSC-W5
1/5 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 EV +0.3
Meiji EMZ-13TR
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Hemitrichia calyculata
Sony DSC-W5
1/3 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 EV +0.3
Meiji EMZ-13TR
Micro Lite F1000V Ring Illuminator
Sony DSC-W5
1/5 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 EV +0.3
Meiji EMZ-13TR
Micro Lite FV1000 Ring Illuminator
Hemitrichia calyculata
Sony DSC-W5
1/3 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 EV +0.3
Meiji EMZ-13TR
Micro Lite F1000V Ring Illuminator
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Doug replied:
Thomas Ashcraft commented:
This is one of the few species that I have collected and kept back in a small cardboard box. As you can see the colorful peridium has long since split apart and only the remnants remain at the base of the mesh network, which is the capillitium that holds the spore mass. Walt has posted an excellent image of that already showing the spores. I suppose you could say that the capillitium does pop out to an extent. Thanks Doug.Where did you find these Ken They are beautiful. very nice pictures. Is that what pops out of the round fruiting bodies (it just looks like it "popped") Nice find
Thomas Ashcraft commented:
Glad that you find this interesting Thomas, myxomycetes are indeed a mysterious form of life and being quite small they are most always overlooked by even the most observant individuals involved in nature study. I had often heard about slime molds and that they lived on the forest floor but never gave them much thought until one day I really decided to find out what these creatures were all about. From that time forward it has been a never ending adventure and a quest to find, study, and research them. They are quite marvelous in their life cycle. Thanks Thomas.Interesting series of photos you've been posting Ken. I'm not very tuned into to the realms of nature you are investigating and I appreciate getting the education
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Very nice images Ken. I rarely shoot them outside of their enviornment but you got a nice background for your first shot. Your second shot is amazing for the amount of depth of focus you are able to get at f/2.8. I am limited at the present time to f/8 and always want more depth even at that ratio.
Walt
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Steve replied:
I have a number of light sources. I too have a 150W fiber optic illuminator but oftentimes I opt for the Micro Lite FV1000 fluorescent ring. Fluoresecent light is fuzzy but it does appear, colorwise, more like daylight and if the objects have a shine to them, fluorescent light doesn't scatter as bad but you don't have that intensity and sometimes contrast of the fiber optic halogen. Thanks Steve.The reason I get such good DOF is because of the 150W halogen that I use.
Cyclops commented:
Well they are a slime mold and molds in general are considered fungi I suppose. Still myxomycetes are mystery, the fruiting bodies do not resemble any molds that I have seen in relation to fungi nor does the plasmodium resemble such, hence slime molds I suppose. I really find them a mystery because of the fact they begin their tiny little lives as amoebas and then change into something totally different, apart from the animal kingdom. Presently they are grouped with the Kingdom Protista which includes the unicellular plants and animals. Of course all that can or could be debated but I am in no position to do so. I suppose that is best left to the more learned gentlemen in the field taxonomy. Thanks Cyclops.they remind me of certain fungi, but on a much smaller scale!
Not the only one by the looks of this --> http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4229.htmlKen Ramos wrote:myxomycetes are indeed a mysterious form of life