Snowbank Myxomycetes

Trichia alpinaHemitrichia montana
Physarum albescensDiderma niveum
Lepidoderma chailletiiLepidoderma chailletii
Comatricha suksdorfiiComatricha suksdorfii
Comatricha alpinaComatricha alpina
Comatricha fusiformeLamproderma ovoideum var.ovoideum
Lamproderma sauteriL. sauteri var. atrogrisum
L.splendens var. splendensL. splendens var.splendens
Lamproderma acanthosporumLamproderma echinosporum
Lamproderma maculatum
Photographs by Michel Poulain.
These nivicolous specimens were collected in the French Alps by Michel Poulain and Marianne Meyer.