Nature Photos

Image 1. Probably Arcyria denudata. These sporangia have released their spores,
and only the network of hairs is left. Photo by Victor Duran

Image 2. Probably Arcyria denudata. These sporangia are about to release their spores.
From Strawberry Canyon, above the University of California, Berkeley

Image 3. Possibly Arcyria denudata (red) plus another species on the right,
or an earlier stage of the same one. From northwestern California.

Image 4. Arcyria denudata? From Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California

Image 5. Old sporangia of Arcyria nutans, after they've shed their spores, leaving just the structure behind.
From Tilden Park, near Berkeley, California. Photo by Victor Duran

Image 6. Arcyria sp. (or Trichia sp.?) sporangia
From near Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, California

Image 7. Arcyria versicolor
From near Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, California

Image 8. Arcyria versicolor
From near Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, California

Image 9. Arcyria versicolor
From the west side of Sonora Pass, Sierra Nevada, California

Image 10. Badhamia utricularis, from Tilden Park, near Berkeley, California
Photo by Victor Duran

Image 11. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from western Oregon.

Image 12. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from western Oregon.

Image 13. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from near Garberville, northern California

Image 14. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from near Stewarts Point, Sonoma Co., California

Image 15. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from near Stewarts Point, Sonoma Co., California

Image 16. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, from Mendocino Co., California

Image 17. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Image 18. Comatricha typhoides,
from the west side of Sonora Pass, Sierra Nevada, California.

Image 19. Comatricha typhoides
The same photo subject as in the previous picture, but dried out, apparantly without fully developing and releasing spores. This was probably due to the sporangia's havng been collected and moved indoors.

Image 20. Possibly Comatricha sp. from northern California

Image 21. Craterium minutum, from northern California. Photo by Victor Duran

Image 22. Possibly Cribiraria macrocarpa. These are old sporangia, after they've shed most of their spores, leaving just the structure behind. From Humboldt County, northwestern California. Photo by Victor Duran

Image 23. Possibly a species of Diderma, from the west side of Sonora Pass, Sierra Nevada, CA
The sporangia are just beginning to break open.

Image 24. Possibly a species of Diderma, from near Badger Pass, Sierra Nevada, CA
The sporangia are just beginning to break open to release their spores.