Orange Slime Flux Exuding from a Recently Cut Tree Stump. A Mixture of Microfungi, Yeasts and Bacteria Feeding on Tree Sap.

Orange Slime Flux Exuding from a Recently Cut Tree Stump. A Mixture of Microfungi, Yeasts and Bacteria Feeding on Tree Sap. Stock Photo
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Naturepix / Alamy Stock Photo

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4992 x 3328 px | 42.3 x 28.2 cm | 16.6 x 11.1 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

18 April 2011

Location:

UK

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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.