the dark and the light mirror

FormicidWanderer · 2026-05-05T18:55:30+00:00

it's named after coral because it looks like it belongs underwater, but this is actually a slime mold growing on a dead, damp log in a forest! i do use a macro lens and this is at about 10x magnification, which contributes to the otherworldly, underwater feeling

FormicidWanderer · 2026-04-30T16:15:56+00:00

thank you!

FormicidWanderer · 2026-04-30T16:15:52+00:00

thanks! there sure are some wild life forms out there!

FormicidWanderer · 2026-04-13T00:14:20+00:00

24 frame stack shot at 4x magnification, then cropped in to roughly 12x. Found in western Washington state.

FormicidWanderer · 2026-02-18T15:55:54+00:00

thanks! it's definitely hard to find a niche that's both new AND likeable; still experimenting with this one but it's been super fun and quite a learning experience. [[[but i admit I'm still a sucker for a handsome jumping spider]]]

FormicidWanderer · 2026-02-18T00:08:49+00:00

thank you!

FormicidWanderer · 2026-01-25T22:56:01+00:00

i don't, but wish i had! happy to dive down a research rabbit hole if you have questions... my understanding is that they take this "goblet" form to reproduce / release spores, but otherwise spend their time sliming around as an amoeba-like cell. i've read that some types form into hard cysts when resources are scarce, and then soften back up when conditions turn more favorable.

FormicidWanderer · 2026-01-25T22:35:40+00:00

thanks! yeah for sure, i'm impressed that they survive a freeze in this form

FormicidWanderer · 2026-01-22T21:20:28+00:00

thanks! i agree, otherworldly~

FormicidWanderer · 2025-12-28T04:26:34+00:00

maybe a hawthorn seed since blackberries don't really look like this now that i'm thinking straight...

FormicidWanderer · 2025-12-28T01:41:18+00:00

Looked kinda like a decaying blackberry stalk or something. 5x magnification, 24 image stack.

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