This thing is so tiny that if it wasn't for the very bright yellow colour I would have certainly missed it. But since everything around was wet and brownish and no bigger an brighter mushrooms were trying o steal the show...
Oh hello you.. let me shoot ya!
Leocarpus fragilis also has a plasmodial stage, usually following periods of rain. When the plasmodium runs out of nutrients, it will differentiate into the egg-like fruiting bodies (pictured here). These structures are specialized sporangia which disperse spores after rupturing.
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It is also called Insect-Egg Slime Mold and it does look like it. If someone doesn't know that slime mold an look like this I am sure it can be mistaken as ladybird eggs.
I didn't touch it. I was afraid I would destroy it, though for scientific purpose I probably should have. Plus I don't think it would mind :p
Looks like a tiny, little tree here.
A little bit further away I found another one. I think it is the same type, though it is much darker. More mature maybe?
And now time to see how Insect-Egg Slime Mold looks in he eyes of AI:)
Because why not?
Flying mold :D
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