![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2649/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bright red slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2649/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of bright red slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2649/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bright red slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a side of a pine log on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2649/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bright red slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine fallen across the trail on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/01t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/04t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/02t.jpg) Texture of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/03t.jpg) Orange patch of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/22t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/05t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/15t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pine log with slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3337/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/08t.jpg) Pattern of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/07t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log, partially under bark, on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/11t.jpg) Geometrical pattern of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/12t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea growing over some corticioid fungus on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up (in scattered light) of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3348/jpeg/01t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/04t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tissues of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea under a microscope, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea together with Trichaptum on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3348/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea with crust fungus Coniophora on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2255/jpeg/09t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a wet log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/05t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2255/jpeg/10t.jpg) White fruiting bodies of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/06t.jpg) Masses of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2272/jpeg/20t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2272/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close up of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3079/jpeg/40t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria incarnata with a white crust fungus on an oak log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/31t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/33t.jpg) Sporangia of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2969/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2413/jpeg/09t.jpg) Some white slime mold (Myxomycetes) on a pine log on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, December 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2381/jpeg/05t.jpg) Finger like sporocarps of slime mold Arcyria obvelata on rotting oak(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2381/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sponge fingers slime mold Arcyria obvelata with caterpillars on rotting oak(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1908/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spore heads of Arcyria incarnata slime mold on a log near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2970/jpeg/07t.jpg) Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria denudata) on wet wood in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary near Cleveland. Texas, June 26, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2173/jpeg/25t.jpg) Clustered and twisted sporocarps of Arcyria stipata slime mold near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2173/jpeg/26t.jpg) Copper colored Arcyria stipata slime mold on a stump near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2632/jpeg/23t.jpg) Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on an oak log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2129/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bright yellow slime mold on a charred stump near Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2632/jpeg/22t.jpg) Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on rotting oak in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, January 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) from a pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/34t.jpg) Spores (in lugol) of carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) from a pine log, collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2965/jpeg/14t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2976/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a rotting log in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2976/jpeg/27t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on an oasage orange(?) log in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2976/jpeg/26t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on rotting wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2676/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sporangia of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2676/jpeg/17t.jpg) Masses of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2965/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2676/jpeg/15t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a rotting pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2676/jpeg/16t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold with a wolf spider on a rotting pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2347/jpeg/20t.jpg) Arcyria cinerea slime mold on a fallen larch tree in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 4, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2877/jpeg/07t.jpg) Arcyria stipata(?) slime mold under an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/11t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large wet pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Arcyria cinerea in KOH from a wet pine log, collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2729/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pattern of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a fallen on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a fallen on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2729/jpeg/26t.jpg) Sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) with a slug on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2729/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2729/jpeg/28t.jpg) Clump of sponge fingers slime mold (Arcyria obvelata)(?) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/23t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a large fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3145/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spores of slime mold Arcyria cinerea in iodine solution (Lugol), collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2962/jpeg/24t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria cinerea on a wet mossy fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/32t.jpg) Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on a pine log on Forest Service Rd 231 near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/07t.jpg) Textue of dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1286/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2538/jpeg/13t.jpg) Orange plasmodium of many-headed slime mold Physarum polycephalum with coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) on a big fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 27, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2119/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some mold on mature wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on rotten wood in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2380/jpeg/08t.jpg) Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2532/jpeg/34t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) and Cribraria(?) on a rotting pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2252/jpeg/21t.jpg) Red raspberry slime mold Tubifera ferruginosa at the base of a pine with burnt bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/10t.jpg) Slime mold Physarum viride on a wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2268/jpeg/19t.jpg) Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/33t.jpg) Slime mold Stemonitis fusca on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/19t.jpg) Slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2314/jpeg/27t.jpg) Slime mold Dictydiaethalium plumbeum on a pine log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/16t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/17t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) with a fly on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2255/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hemitrichia calyculata(?) slime mold on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/31t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/32t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2521/jpeg/20t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2522/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sporangia of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/11t.jpg) Slime mold Physarum viride together with tiny Ascomycota on a wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2522/jpeg/09t.jpg) Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2522/jpeg/18t.jpg) Wolf s Milk slime mold Lycogala epidendrum on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2234/jpeg/09t.jpg) Coral slime mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, March 10, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2268/jpeg/20t.jpg) Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on a big fallen pine without bark on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2255/jpeg/34t.jpg) Many-headed slime mold (Physarum polycephalum) at a base of a tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
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