ryan_durand's Identifications
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tyson_ehlersDescription
Sporocarps: 6-9.4 mm TH. Stalk: 1.3-3.3 mm (21-39 % TH). Sporothecae: 4.7-6.9 x 0.3-0.6 mm diam. Columella: with a pronounced expanded top. Capillitium: wide-meshed net, 5-6 meshes across the diameter (meshes 25-100+ um) with membranous expansions at the junctions, darker brown thickenings, free ends. Hypothallus: continuous, membranous, reddish-brown, shiny. Spores: (7.7)8.4-10.0(12.3) µm, globose or slightly ovoid, moderately dark to pale brown, warted. Habitat: in dense tufts on Populus tremuolides bark.
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zeckloDescription
Sporocarps - 2-3mm, cylindrical, in clumps on wood.
Stalk - 1/3-1/4 height of sporocarp.
Peridium - fugacious.
Columella - Thins out right before apex of sporotheca.
Capillitium - Peripheral net has a broken appearance, consists of many small free ends.
Spores - ≈5um, reticulate (doesn't show up well in photos).
@pamjanszen @tyson_ehlers @ryan_durand Feeling good about my ID. Not sure whether the brokenness of the capillitium is because that's how it is or because I bumped it, but I'm pretty sure I didn't.
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White Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria cinerea)Observer
monicafranzDescription
Pacific Spirit Park
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zeckloDescription
Sporocarps - 1-1.5mm growing in clumps on Luetkea pectinata. Nivicolous. Sessile.
Peridium - Outer peridium white, made of lime, brittle. Inner peridium thin, membranous, iridescent, has lime granules (not sure whether these shed from the outer peridium or if they are actually from the inner peridium), shows thin, long lines and some irregular shapes.
Columella - ≈1mm, pale ochreous yellow, sub-globose to ellipsoid.
Hypothallus - Near sporocarp clumps, white with ochreous yellow.
Capillitium - Dark brown, fading to white at ends, which ramify into multiple strands. Filled with abundant nodes.
Spores - Brown, warted, warts spaced irregularly; some spots with warts close together, some spots without many warts, some with warts evenly spaces. I’d guess roughly 12um.
@tyson_ehlers @ryan_durand @pamjanszen Not sure whether this is D. niveum or D. meyerae. I feel like most things point me to D. meyerae, but none of them are very absolute, and I'm aware that D. niveum is also more common. Thanks.
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White Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria cinerea)Observer
monicafranzDescription
Pacific Spirit Park
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damontigheDescription
Found inside rotten cross beam of backyard door
Microscopy
Spores = 12-13 um in diameter, globular often with 3 lobes, rough on outside
Capillitium = spiral threads, not contiguous, 8-9 um thick, curved end points
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