Treebeard:
Not puffball fungi, but Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria), maybe the species Lycogala epidendrum
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Colony of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on an oak leaf - maybe Diderma effusum
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Plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) becoming gray fruiting bodies - maybe Diderma effusum
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Crown of white plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on a fallen leaf - maybe Diderma effusum
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Fallen leaf covered with white plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) - maybe Diderma effusum
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Beautiful cluster of plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) - maybe Physarella oblongata
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Beautiful cluster of plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) - maybe Physarella oblongata
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The yellow Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) I photographed yesterday - a day later
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Beautiful plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) - maybe Physarella oblongata
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Lycogala epidendrum slime molds on a fallen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Odd fruiting bodies of a Stemonitis slime mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on a fallen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) tree
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Ripening fruiting bodies of a Stemonitis slime mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on a fallen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) tree
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Neat sporangia of a genus Physarum slime mold, and maybe a Stemonitis plasmodium in the upper right?
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Tiny sporangia of a Physarum slime mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on a fallen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Tiny lime-encrusted sporangia Physarum slime molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on native California Brome (Bromus carinatus, Poaceae) grass
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Slime Mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) sporangia on fallen leaves of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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Sporangia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) growing on dead wood - genus Stemonitis
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Ripe sorangia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) growing on wood of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) tree
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Still-streaming plasmodia of a Slime Mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on dead wood of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Ripe sporangia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on dead Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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Fruiting bodies of a Slime Mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on dead Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) - I believe Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
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Plasmodia and fruiting bodies of a Slime Mold (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on dead Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) - I believe Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
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More still-streaming plasmodia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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More sporangia of Slime Molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) - different or the same?
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Slime molds (Myxomycetes or Myxogastria) on fallen oak leaves - maybe Badhamia utricularis?