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Multigoblet Slime Mold Fluffy, red spore masses with tiny, empty red goblets that were only about 0.5 mm wide! Initially, these goblet clusters would have been black and shiny, but most of these had already opened leaving just the empty red goblets. Geotagged,Metatrichia,Metatrichia vesparium,Multigoblet Slime,Multigoblet Slime mold,Multigoblet slime mold,Spring,United States,slime,slime mold Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Multigoblet Slime Mold

Fluffy, red spore masses with tiny, empty red goblets that were only about 0.5 mm wide! Initially, these goblet clusters would have been black and shiny, but most of these had already opened leaving just the empty red goblets.

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The Multigoblet slime mold

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

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Similar species: Trichiales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 20, 2018. Captured Mar 31, 2018 13:15 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/128s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm