DSC_6708 Dog Sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) white plasmodium. A cosmopolitan species of slime mould found on dead wood throughout New Zealand. Slime mould plasmodia have no cell walls, and creep over surfaces engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants, protozoa, and particles of nonliving organic matter. Boyle River *
DSC_6710 Dog Sick slime mould (Mucilago crustacea) white plasmodium. A cosmopolitan species of slime mould found on dead wood throughout New Zealand. Slime mould plasmodia have no cell walls, and creep over surfaces engulfing bacteria, spores of fungi and plants, protozoa, and particles of nonliving organic matter. Boyle River *
DSC_2578 'Insect-egg' slime mould (Leocarpus fragilis) newly emerged fruiting bodies, or sporangia, which have formed after the plasmodium phase has exhausted the available nutrients in the presence of visible light. Found worldwide, this species typically inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, growing on decaying leaves and logs. Catlins River *
