This slime mold is the first (still no mushrooms) after months of drought.
Olympus EM-1, Olympus m4/3 30mm macro at f11.
The fuzzy surface is due to fine surface, spore-bearing structures. The ghostly, larger, transparent blobs are undifferentiated plasmodium.
Photographed in bright, cloudy daylight, hand held.
Update: Update: As is often the case with this species, the following day I found the colony shriveled and it will not recover.
FOV 20mm wide then crop.
_9045537_DxO Ceratiomyx fruticulosa.on Rotten Pusssy Willow FOV 20mm 4 Sep 2025 1024.jpg
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