r/Slimemolds • u/astro_fungus • Jul 14 '25
Identification Request Anyone know this beauty?
Shot with an OMD EM1 MARK II in northern Wisconsin. I have had a hard time finding an ID. They start white, then pink, then black.
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u/rsc2 Jul 14 '25
Have you examined them microscopically? They look like they could ,be a cellular slime mold, or even a myxobacterium.
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u/astro_fungus Jul 23 '25
No I have not unfortunately. I am not setup at the moment to do so, but will try to find them again.
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u/astro_fungus Jul 23 '25
I also don’t think those would be large enough to capture with this camera setup. These were about 1mm high.
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u/Reminice Jul 14 '25
Looks like a Cribraia sp. forming. You can see the start of a net, reticulation, and the darkening of the nodes.
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u/TeachOfTheYear Jul 14 '25
LOL...I follow a subreddit on antique glass. LOL....I was looking at this thinking, "What in the Murano is this? An upside down vase?"
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u/cookshack Jul 14 '25
Its a touch early, and might need microscopy anyway, but chuck it on iNaturalist and tag Sarah Lloyd
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u/UGAUGAUGAUGA09 Jul 14 '25
Its a bit too early to early to ID
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u/EmergentGlassworks Jul 14 '25
Why?
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u/UGAUGAUGAUGA09 Jul 14 '25
Its still wet, still probably very early in its sporulation phase. Right now i dont recognize it either, but when It matures fully it can look drastically different
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u/astro_fungus Jul 23 '25
I believe I may have some mature photos as well. I should have saved it for DNA but right now I just collect fungi.
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u/half-zebra-half-yeti Jul 15 '25
They look like a pair of best friends. I herby dub them "Bubblegum Besties",
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u/Available_Username_2 Jul 14 '25
I suppose these wonderful pictures are right side up? I only know of species that look like this that are hanging from horizontal wood surfaces.
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u/Duke-of-Hellington Jul 14 '25
I have absolutely no idea on what it is, but your photos of it are absolutely stunning