Gallery of Myxomycetes

Photo Gallery of Myxomycetes

The Georgia Museum of Natural History and the Julian H. Miller Mycological Herbarium are pleased to present this gallery of photographs of slime molds (Myxomycetes) by professional photographer Ray Simons. Ray became interested in collecting and photographing these tiny fungus-like organisms while employed as a photographer at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, as well as in scientific textbooks and an encyclopedia, and he has exhibited them at Photo Expositions in various cities. He continued his interest in the slime molds later as a Scientific-Technical Photographer for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Ray, now retired, resides in Lithonia, Georgia.

The following collection of photographs may be viewed either by clicking on individual thumbnails, or by going to the first photo and then scrolling through them by means of the scroll button on the right side of the screen. The photos may be enlarged by clicking on them.

All photography in this section copyright � Ray Simons.

Arcyria carnea

Arcyria cinerea

Arcyria denudata

Arcyria incarnata

Arcyria insignis

Arcyria leiocarpa

Arcyria nigella

Arcyria nutans

Arcyria pomiformis

Badhamia affinis

Badhamia nitens

Badhamia panicea

Badhamia utricularis

Badhamiopsis ainoae

Calomyxa metallica

Calonema aureum

Ceratiomyxa fructiculosa

Comatricha nigra

Comatricha pulchella

Craterium aureum

Craterium concinnum

Craterium leucocephalum

Craterium paraguayense

Cribaria intricata

Cribaria oregana

Cribaria violacea

Diachaea leucopodia

Diachaea splendens

Dictydiaethalium plumbeum

Dictydium cancellatum

Diderma chondrioderma

Diderma corrugatum

Diderma crustaceum

Diderma effusum

Diderma floriforme

Diderma niveum

Diderma rugosum

Diderma testaceum

Didymium clavus

Didymium floccosum

Didymium iridis

Didymium megalosporum

Didymium melanospermum

Didymium nigripes

Didymium ochroideum

Didymium orthonemata

Didymium perforatum

Didymium squamulosum

Fuligo septica

Hemitrichia calyculata

Hemitrichia clavata

Hemitrichia paragoga

Hemitrichia serpula

Lamproderma scintillans

Leocarpus fragilis

Lepidoderma tigrinum

Lindbladia tubulina

Lycogala conicum

Metatrichia horrida

Metatrichia vesparium

Oligonema schweinitzii

Perichaena brevifila

Perichaena chrysosperma

Perichaena corticalis

Perichaena depressa

Perichaena microspora

Perichaena syncarpon

Physarella oblonga

Physarum aeneum

Physarum alpinum

Physarum bitectum

Physarum bivalve

Physarum bogoriense

Physarum cinereum

Physarum compressum

Physarum confertum

Physarum contextum

Physarum ctateriforme

Physarum decipiens

Physarum dictyosporum

Physarum didermoides

Physarum digitatum

Physarum flavicomum

Physarum fulgens

Physarum galbeum

Physarum globuliferum

Physarum gyrosum

Physarum javanicum

Physarum melleum

Physarum murinum

Physarum notabile

Physarum nutans

Physarum oblatum

Physarum penetrale

Physarum polycephalum plasmodia

Physarum polycephalum

Physarum pusillum

Physarum roseum plasmodia

Physarum roseum

Physarum serpula

Physarum superbum

Physarum tenereum

Physarum viride

Schnella simplex

Stemonitis fusca

Symphytocarpus herbaticus

Trichia decipiens

Trichia favoginea

Trichia fernbankensis

Trichia scabra

Trichia varia

Tubifera casperyii

Tubifera ferruginosa

Tubifera microsperma