The slime mold changing from amoeba to fruiting bodies
What do you think this is？ Doesn't it look like a music instrument “maracas”, even for a moment? Actually, this is a fruiting body of the slime mold, Trichia sp. that has just seen the light of day. I will explain its growth process from the beginning. This is a plasmodia (amoeba) of Trichia sp. emerged on the surface of a large decayed fallen tree. It is creepy, isn't it? I have already known this fallen tree before, but it's getting colder these days, so I thought the slime molds would no longer emerge on the decayed tree. It is probably an oak tree. Since this fallen tree is large, even though the same slime mold is concerned, various growth stages of a slime mold can be observed at the same time. The amoeba is turning into a white lump gradually. Then, it has turned into irregular shaped small lumps. I'm not sure what it is at this stage. In the next stage, they changed into a white glossy spherical shape. These seem viscid. As time goes on, based on my ob
