0beevomit0@lemmy.world to Mycology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoPretty sure it is the fruiting body of a grass slime moldlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1imagePretty sure it is the fruiting body of a grass slime moldlemmy.world0beevomit0@lemmy.world to Mycology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecabbageelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat is incredibly interesting. Do slime molds usually fruit?
minus-square0beevomit0@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey do, but not in the same sense of “mushrooms.” You should totally google it. Some of them are WILD. One of them is iridescent!
minus-squarepsyspoop@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYes, slime molds usually fruit once conditions are right, they generally just go unnoticed since the fruiting structures for most species are 1-5 mm in size.
That is incredibly interesting. Do slime molds usually fruit?
They do, but not in the same sense of “mushrooms.” You should totally google it. Some of them are WILD. One of them is iridescent!
Yes, slime molds usually fruit once conditions are right, they generally just go unnoticed since the fruiting structures for most species are 1-5 mm in size.