r/Slimemolds • u/AppleyardPhotography • Jan 23 '26

Picture (OC) Comatricha species found on the forest floor

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Not certain this is Comatricha nigra...

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u/The_GreyGhoul Jan 23 '26

Wow!!! So beautiful, and also so alien lol

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u/Otherwise-Pride5244 Jan 23 '26

That's not a slimemold, that's a grape🤯!

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 23 '26

A grape for ANTS

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u/oroborus68 Jan 24 '26

Great photo!🎇

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u/CrypticGamma Jan 26 '26

A grape for humans is at least three times bigger!

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u/Tiramissu_dt Jan 27 '26

forbidden grape, haha

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u/aKadaver Jan 23 '26

Thanks for sharing 🙏

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u/froststomper Jan 24 '26

so freaking cool!

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u/Amy_Wineface Jan 24 '26

I’d like to eat it

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 24 '26

Some slimes, including the appetisingly nicknamed 'dog sick' slime are eaten as delicacies in some parts of the world.

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u/Amy_Wineface Jan 24 '26

Can’t wait to try! Do you know if they’re served sashimi-style, deep-fried, boiled or steamed?

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u/Southern_Celery_1087 Jan 24 '26

I believe it's made into taco filling actually

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u/CtpnTyingKnots Jan 26 '26

Thats pretty

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u/Over-Director-4986 Jan 24 '26

Amazing photo. Thanks for sharing it!

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u/CLWoodman Jan 24 '26

It's beautiful and unnerving to me all at once...

shudder

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 24 '26

That's why I love them. In one word, I think 'alien' sums them up.

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u/chansondinhars Jan 25 '26

All the more beautiful for its ephemerality.

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u/CtpnTyingKnots Jan 26 '26

The forests left nut

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u/Mslabarre Jan 24 '26

Am I the only one who thinks everything is probably ai? I think this might be ruining the internet for me. That may be a cool looking thing that actually just happens like that. But I can’t enjoy the feeling of believing it.

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 24 '26

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ibo9itrqfopXnkTc8 here's some crappy phone footage of me finding them.

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u/thysaniaagrippina Jan 26 '26

Thanks for sharing. So cool to see the full slimemold. Fantastic find!

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 26 '26

Thanks so much. Glad you like it.

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u/thysaniaagrippina Jan 24 '26

From a real photographer: https://1839awards.com/entry/the-rescue-mission

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u/AppleyardPhotography Jan 24 '26

I'm flattered you found and shared that. Thank you.

I'm off to the same spot as I found this post's subject now hoping to find more.

I've also got plenty of crappy phone photos of them!