Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage

3 Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage	9 Jul 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	11 Sep 2020	Caric

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Coordinates not precise: Lyrebird/Cascades trail. On a dead, burnt stump near a pool. Unsure what these orange spheres are: animal, vegetable or fungus, but an ant seems to be tending them in the first photo so guessing they are ant eggs. No sap suckers hidden in the spheres seeing as the log is dead. There were many clusters of 'eggs' on the stump. Most were bright orange but one cluster more brown. Tried to take a sideways shot to show how they were attached. Note also that the circles on the 'eggs' are actually light reflected from the flash.

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
6 Sep 2020 12:15 PM Recorded on
Caric Recorded by
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Slime Moulds Caric Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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5mm to 12mm Animal size
Unknown Gender
Eggs Breeding behaviour

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Myxomycete - past plasmodial stage Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1304.9m Recorded at altitude
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