MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE YARD
These share the yard with the rhododendrons and the insects.

cladonia

This is the common yard lichen, Cladonia. This isnt the topic of this section, but the picture is cute. Rather, this is what we’re talking about:

badhamia sporangium No, this is NOT an avocado!
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(33 photos)
arcyria nutans and this is NOT a major forest fire in the back yard
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(20 photos)
Note: I am not a myxomycetologist, and the descriptions in these pages should not be accepted as being scientifically definitive.


There are six other life forms in this section. The identification on these is very tentative, and probably incorrect. All except for one were found on the same tree stump,
Fuligo Lycogala Physarium
Comatricha Stemonites unidentified



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©Luurt G Nieuwenhuis, 2006
The most accessible source for further reading is
MYXOMYCETES: A Handbook of Slime Molds
by Stephenson and Stempen
Published by Timber PRess
ISBN 00-881192-439-3 (in print)