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LOCATION:
Basecamp Loop
DATE FOUND:
Day 4 – 26 August 2023
Attempting to identify what the pin-mould-like protrusions are on this this slime mould, my father did a Google image search and came across a stock image [1] with the title “Blistum byssiseda, parasite on host slime mold called Cribraria argillacea”.
Upon further investigation, I found that this is actually a mash-up of two names for the same fungus called Stilbella byssiseda, previously named Blistum orbiculare.
S. byssiseda is a fungus that parasitises slime moulds, including Cribraria argillacea and Lindbladia tubulina [2].
The host of my specimen was Cribraria argillacea [3].
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REFERENCES
[2] — https://www.bioinfo.org.uk/html/Stilbella_byssiseda.htm
[3] — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/382035-Cribraria-argillacea/browse_photos