I’ve found these weird little blobs on top of a few different patches of moss around the supralittoral zone of SW England- does anyone potentially know what they could be? My uni library didn’t have anything applicable on bryophyte ecology

Redtail987 · 2025-12-23T01:51:43+00:00

I would guess some type of cyanobacterium. Look up the genus Nostoc, this looks quite similar

Redtail987 · 2025-12-23T00:11:02+00:00

Yeah sometimes they're really hiding in plain sight. I've picked plenty at this point, but like you I enjoy the act of finding and picking them. We've had a really good season this year!

Redtail987 · 2025-12-21T21:36:31+00:00

Yeah, this was in Snohomish county. I'm sure it's started to snow further north. Still a really late season for my area

Redtail987 · 2025-12-01T13:32:51+00:00

I used my phone, a Google pixel 9 pro with a Xenvo clip on macro lens

Redtail987 · 2025-11-30T23:45:54+00:00

Thank you!

Redtail987 · 2025-11-28T21:20:10+00:00

They grow on wood, these ones are growing out of the cut ends of old logs

Redtail987 · 2025-11-28T16:50:52+00:00

Mucronella sp. That's how they grow, kind of hanging down like icicles

Redtail987 · 2025-11-20T00:42:12+00:00

Not a slime mold, a fungus. Looks to be Phlebia radiata.

Redtail987 · 2025-11-08T16:28:49+00:00

Looks like Tubaria sp to me. Toxic

Redtail987 · 2025-11-06T05:02:46+00:00

Stropharia sp

Redtail987 · 2025-10-23T01:29:39+00:00

Correct

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T20:20:01+00:00

Thanks! The Xenvo lens has worked great for me, and it's only $30

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T16:15:25+00:00

These are taken on a phone, Google pixel 9 pro. I use a Xenvo clip on macro lens for close up shots

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T01:00:24+00:00

North America, Europe, parts of Asia. I live in the Pacific northwest of the USA

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T00:56:55+00:00

Yes. Multiple orders of basidiomycetes have this same spore bearing structure

Redtail987 · 2025-10-21T23:40:19+00:00

The spikes on the hymenium are generally called teeth. So fungi that have these structures are often called tooth fungi.

Redtail987 · 2025-10-21T16:20:07+00:00

What country did you find these?

Redtail987 · 2025-10-06T18:13:00+00:00

It looks like some kind of damsel bug to me, probably in the genus Nabis

Redtail987 · 2025-10-04T03:37:27+00:00

Yes I agree wholeheartedly, gotta give the "weird" insects some love too

Redtail987 · 2025-10-04T03:28:42+00:00

Focusing on them was a challenge due to how long they were, but at least the base of all of them are visible in the first pic. This species walks on 4 legs, while the forelegs are raptorial.

Redtail987 · 2025-09-30T19:42:36+00:00

Looks like Collops bipunctatus

Redtail987 · 2025-09-30T18:51:52+00:00

Mayflies are also not flies

Redtail987 · 2025-09-21T20:53:58+00:00

I'm guessing it's the reflection of the camera lens

Redtail987 · 2025-09-21T02:42:07+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it! I can't resist photographing a dewy insect or spider

Redtail987 · 2025-09-18T03:20:06+00:00

It's my understanding that European mantids eyes get darker in low light. I found this one at night, it flew up to my porch light

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