Colin Purrington · @colinpurrington
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Plasmodium of Cribraria aurantiaca found under the bark of a decaying pine tree, its favorite. I've gone back to this location multiple times but have never found fruiting bodies. Even tried rearing it at home, without success. The sporangia of the genus have unique peridial nets that trap the spores inside ... and thus resemble tomatillo fruit when they are left to dry on the plant.

#slimemould #slimemold #myxomycetes #myxogastria #cribraria #oobleck

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