28/Sep/25, 2:23 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harju, Eesti
Mixed forest, on damp spruce mossy decaying log
59°23'08.7"N 25°23'44.2"E
🌡️ 14°C 🌥️ Partly sunny 💨 Wind 70° ENE->WSW, 22 km/h
Original Instagram postHemitrichia decipiens
- Scientific identification
- Hemitrichia decipiens (Pers.) García-Cunch., J.C.Zamora & Lado, 2022
- Family
- Trichiaceae
- Class
- Myxogastria
- Genus
- Hemitrichia
Names across languages
- German: Rotköpfiger Schleimpilz
- Finnish: Nuijanuoranen
- Russian: Гемитрихия обманчивая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-09-28.
Plasmodium color / stage
In active phase, plasmodium is white or pale, later may show orange or salmon tints toward maturity
Fruiting bodies
Sporocarps borne on slender stalks, typically egg-shaped or conical; the sporangia are often clustered and brightly colored in development
Peridium
Thin peridium, often shining, ranging from orange-yellow to more olive or brown with age; peridium may persist as a calyculus when spores dehisce
Description
Stalk is part of the sporocarp
Description
Spore mass olive to olive-yellow spore mass inside sporangium
Ecology
Habitat: On decaying wood (logs, branches) in conifer and mixed forests, present in clusters on rotten wood surfaces in humid conditions
Description
Amoeboflagellate cells → multinucleate → sporulation producing stalked sporangia with internal spores → spores released and germinating back to amoeboflagellates
Fruit body
Sporangia dimensions: Sporangia up to ~0.6–0.8 mm in diameter, stalked up to ~3 mm tall (or less) in many populations
Microscopy
Spores & supportive structures:
Description
Spores: Globose to subglobose, ~10–13 µm in diameter, reticulate or warty
Spore print
Capillitia: net-like network of threads that often take on the spore color
Description
Stalk: Tissue may contain pseudocclusions in some populations
Overview
Visually striking slime mold that produces clustered, bright orange to olive sporangia on decaying wood—resembling salmon eggs.
García-Cunchillos, Zamora, Ryberg & Lado
Field encounters
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