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Fungus beetles and slime mold - Anisotoma
Copyright © 2009 Cotinis

Fungus beetles and slime mold - Anisotoma
Cole Mill Road access, Eno River State Park, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 13, 2009
Size: 3 mm (est.)
There were a number of these crawling about among the round orange things, which are slime mold fruiting bodies. (Originally I thought they were fungi.) Thanks to Vassili for the ID of the beetles.
My slime mold consultants on Flickr (here) identify this as a slime mold of the genus Lycogala, perhaps Lycogala epidendron.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 14 June, 2009 - 12:30pm
Last updated 16 June, 2009 - 11:28pm

from Stewart B. Peck:
"No thoughts on this one"

[sorry Patrick... i was hoping for more, too.. =v=]
… v belov, 9 July, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Anisotoma -- not enough detail to go further, alas
still, keep the series -- a vibrant scene!
… v belov, 14 June, 2009 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, more later?
I was planning on going back to this site with my better lens--I'm hoping they will still be there.
Yes, I really liked the scene with the big orange fungi, and the little beetles shuttling among them.
(I'm wondering if these might be fruiting bodies of slime molds, and not fungi. A reference says these are associated with slime molds.)
… Cotinis, 14 June, 2009 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, slime molds is what they're after
these festive blobs will later turn into black powder, i expect
… v belov, 14 June, 2009 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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