Orange Slime Flux Exuding from a Recently Cut Tree Stump. A Mixture of Microfungi, Yeasts and Bacteria Feeding on Tree Sap.
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4992 x 3328 px | 42.3 x 28.2 cm | 16.6 x 11.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Orange Slime Flux Exuding from a Recently Cut Tree Stump. It is not just a fungus but a microbial mat consisting of a ‘consortium’ of microfungi and a few bacteria, a mixture of yeasts and fungi feeding on sap being exuded by the tree in Spring. It is likely to contain the red yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, an important producer of the carotenoid pigment astaxanthin, Cryptococcus macerans a producer of orange coloured carotene, and moulds like Fusarium and Acremonium.