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Physarum leucophaeum

Physarum leucophaeum is an attractive slime mold species found on rotting wood. Its fruiting bodies feature sporangia that are encrusted with lime and are nearly spherical. The stalks are typically no taller than half of the height of the entire fruiting body.


Physarum leucophaeum (likely). Focus-stacked composite of 81 exposures at 4.5x lifesize. Cultivated on blue oak in a moist chamber. Substrate collected from Solano County, California, USA.
SLI0064


Physarum leucophaeum (likely), highly-detailed close-up of an individual slime mold fruiting body perched atop a tiny piece of dried vegetation. Focus-stacked composite of 141 exposures at 10x lifesize. Browns Valley Open Space Preserve, Solano County, California, USA.
SLI0081

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