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Fuzzy little slimes I believe this is yet another stage in the life of C. nigra. It will finally become a brown airy ball before the spores blow away. Comatricha nigra,Geotagged,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Fuzzy little slimes

I believe this is yet another stage in the life of C. nigra. It will finally become a brown airy ball before the spores blow away.

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  1. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    Amazing shot. I haven't seen them with so much fur. Posted 9 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Beautiful, serene, well done! Posted 9 years ago

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The Comatricha nigra

A slime mold in the order Stemonitales that forms black ball shaped sporocarps.

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Similar species: Stemonitales
Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Mar 19, 2016. Captured Mar 18, 2016 09:21 in Five Mile Dr, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

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