Multigoblet Slime Mold
Fruiting bodies (sporangia) of a multigoblet slime mold. They had thin stalks with black, shiny goblets on top. A few already had red, fluffy spore masses coming out of the goblets, while others had not yet released the spores. They were 2mm tall.
Fruiting body a stalked (or rarely sessile) sporangium, gregarious to clustered, 1.0–1.5 mm tall. Sporotheca obovate, usually firmly united into clusters, erect, wine-red to dark maroon or sometimes nearly black, individual units 0.4–0.7 mm in diameter. Hypothallus membranous, contiguous for a group of sporangia, colourless to dark red. Peridium opaque, firm, shining, often with metallic reflections, dehiscence by a preformed dome-shaped operculum. Stalk solid, rather thick when supporting several.. more
